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Home / Archives for Philip J Havik

Sexually transmitted infections, their treatment and urban change in colonial Leopoldville, 1910–1960

  • Authors: João Dinis Sousa, Philip J Havik, Anne-Mieke Vandamme
  • Publication Year: 2021
  • Journal: Medical History, 65(2), pp 178 - 196
  • Link: https://doi.org/10.1017/mdh.2021.11

ABSTRACT During the colonial period sexually transmitted infections (STIs) came to be recognised as a major public health problem in African cities. Thus, STI control and urban modernisation became deeply entangled as authorities redrew spatial and social boundaries to manage populations and their cross-cultural interaction. Public health measures, urban planning and policing were part of […]
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Newly Discovered Archival Data Show Coincidence of a Peak of Sexually Transmitted Diseases with the Early Epicenter of Pandemic HIV-1

  • Authors: João Dinis Sousa, Philip J Havik, Viktor Müller, Anne-Mieke Vandamme
  • Publication Year: 2021
  • Journal: Viruses, 13(9), art 1701
  • Link: https://doi.org/10.3390/v13091701

ABSTRACT To which extent STDs facilitated HIV-1 adaptation to humans, sparking the pandemic, is still unknown. We searched colonial medical records from 1906–1958 for Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, which was the initial epicenter of pandemic HIV-1, compiling counts of treated STD cases in both Africans and Europeans. Almost all Europeans were being treated, while for Africans, […]
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Food Security and Nutrition in Mozambique: Comparative Study with Bean Species Commercialised in Informal Markets

  • Authors: Alberto Charrua, Philip J Havik, Salomão Bandeira, Luís Catarino, Ana Ribeiro-Barros, Pedro Cabral, Margarida Moldão, Maria Romeiras
  • Publication Year: 2021
  • Journal: Sustainability, 13(16), art 8839
  • Link: https://doi.org/10.3390/su13168839

ABSTRACT In Mozambique (South-eastern Africa), Phaseolus vulgaris and Vigna spp. are important staple foods and a major source of dietary protein for local populations, particularly for people living in rural areas who lack the financial capacity to include meat in their daily dietary options. This study focuses on the potential for improving diets with locally […]
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Chronic political instability and HIV/AIDS response in Guinea-Bissau: a qualitative study

  • Authors: Joshua Galjour, Philip J Havik, Peter Aaby, Amabelia Rodrigues, Laura Hoemeke, Michael J Deml, Jinkou Zhao, Emmanuel Kabengele Mpinga
  • Publication Year: 2021
  • Journal: Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 10, art 68
  • Link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-021-00854-z

ABSTRACT ‘Background:’ The Republic of Guinea-Bissau in West Africa has a high HIV/AIDS disease burden and has experienced political instability in the recent past. Our study used qualitative methods to better understand key stakeholders’ perceptions of the effects of chronic political instability on the HIV/AIDS response in Guinea-Bissau from 2000 to 2015 and lessons learned […]
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