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Japan International Cooperation Agency
Government•Tokyo, Japan•
About: Japan International Cooperation Agency is a government organization based out in Tokyo, Japan. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Public health. The organization has 555 authors who have published 613 publications receiving 9536 citations.
Topics: Population, Public health, Health care, Rural area, Agriculture
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TL;DR: The Southern Cone Initiative to control domestic transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi is a substantial achievement based on the enthusiasm of the scientific community, effective strategies, leadership, and cost-effectiveness, which triggered the launch of other regional initiatives in Central America and in the Andean and Amazon regions.
Abstract: The Southern Cone Initiative (Iniciativa de Salud del Cono Sur, INCOSUR) to control domestic transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi is a substantial achievement based on the enthusiasm of the scientific community, effective strategies, leadership, and cost-effectiveness. INCOSUR triggered the launch of other regional initiatives in Central America and in the Andean and Amazon regions, which have all made progress. The Central American Initiative targeted the elimination of an imported triatomine bug (Rhodnius prolixus) and the control of a widespread native species (Triatoma dimidiata), and faced constraints such as a small scientific community, the difficulty in controlling a native species, and a vector control programme that had fragmented under a decentralized health system. International organizations such as the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have played an important role in bridging the gaps between fragmented organizational resources. Guatemala achieved virtual elimination of R. prolixus and ;reduction of Tri. Dimidiata and El Salvador and Honduras revitalized their national programmes. The programme also revealed new challenges. Tri. dimidiata control needs to cover a large geographic area efficiently with stratification, quality control, community mobilization, and information management. Stakeholders such as the National Chagas Program, the local health system and their communities, as well as local government must share responsibilities to continue comprehensive vector control.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the impact of mobile phone coverage on the marketing costs of agricultural commodities in Ugandan households in 94 communities, and found increased sales of banana in remote communities but not of maize.
567 citations
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TL;DR: This work analyzed 3,184 cases of coronavirus disease in Japan and identified 61 case-clusters in healthcare and other care facilities, restaurants and bars, workplaces, and music events, finding 22 probable primary case-patients for the clusters.
Abstract: We analyzed 3,184 cases of coronavirus disease in Japan and identified 61 case-clusters in healthcare and other care facilities, restaurants and bars, workplaces, and music events. We also identified 22 probable primary case-patients for the clusters; most were 20-39 years of age and presymptomatic or asymptomatic at virus transmission.
198 citations
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TL;DR: In this article, a simulation exercise demonstrates that the positive impact on employment of continued export growth and increased post-harvest processing is much greater than any likely reduction in employment resulting from the shift away from smallholder production.
Abstract: In Kenya, exports of fresh vegetables have grown rapidly in the past decade, but the employment impact of this business has been changing as a result of market conditions in the major export destination, the United Kingdom. Continued rapid growth in overall exports, an increase in post-harvest processing, a switch from smallholder production to exporters' own plantations, and price shocks such as tariff changes and shifts in transport costs. A simulation exercise demonstrates that the positive impact on employment of continued export growth and increased post-harvest processing is much greater than any likely reduction in employment resulting from the shift away from smallholder production. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
157 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of the UPE policy in Uganda on overall primary education attainments by using data including 940 rural households was investigated and it was found that UPE has decreased delayed enrolments and increased grade completion rates up to the fifth grade and its effects are especially large among girls in poor households.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Christopher B. Barrett | 95 | 713 | 37968 |
Dirk U. Pfeiffer | 64 | 457 | 18453 |
Motoyuki Ashikari | 57 | 142 | 17888 |
Kazuyoshi Ikuta | 51 | 472 | 10876 |
Yoshihide Fujiyama | 51 | 351 | 9288 |
Eisei Noiri | 50 | 234 | 8932 |
Goro Yoshizaki | 48 | 242 | 6510 |
Hak Hotta | 43 | 218 | 6280 |
Yasuhiko Suzuki | 43 | 314 | 7179 |
Akira Kaneko | 38 | 116 | 4259 |
Kent Doi | 38 | 214 | 5198 |
Takaaki Nakaya | 36 | 129 | 4318 |
Yoshimasa Yamamoto | 33 | 145 | 3977 |
Kazuhito Fujiyama | 32 | 133 | 2960 |
Fumito Maruyama | 30 | 109 | 3354 |