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Region: Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa

Browse policy-relevant briefs related to the development, politics, and security of Sub-Saharan Africa.
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What Do Citizens Around the World Really Think About Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)?

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Aerial view of a multi-level highway interchange with sweeping curved overpasses crossing above one another. A few cars and a white semi-truck travel on the mostly empty concrete roads, while patches of vegetation and water are visible below the elevated ramps.
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When Does Infrastructure Investment Pay Off?

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In Keny, a doctor administers to an AIDs patient holding her child.
Caption Lab technician Martin Agunda tests a viral load sample from Ruth Gweyi, a mother living with HIV, in Kisumu, Kenya, where U.S. funding cuts to HIV programs strain local health services. | Photo credit Michel Lunanga/Getty Images

Global Health's Moment of Reckoning—and Reinvention

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Caption A Cameroonian women casts her vote | Photo credit L'Effort Camerounais.com

Overcoming Barriers to Women’s Political Participation: Evidence from Nigeria

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Academics Can Aid Sanctions Design To Minimize Humanitarian Impact

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Foreign Aid Sanctions Set Back Decades of Progress on Maternal, Child Mortality

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