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2026 | Research Output Journal of Public Health and Medicine | Pp. 78-86
Malaria remains a leading cause of childhood mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, with Plasmodium falciparum responsible for over 400,000 deaths annually, predominantly in children under five years of age. This review evaluated the long-term efficacy and protecti...
2026 | Research Output Journal of Public Health and Medicine | Pp. 71-77
Obesity-related type 2 diabetes (T2D) emerges from a chronic immuno-endocrine imbalance in which inflammatory cytokines and adipokines remodel insulin signaling, substrate partitioning, and β-cell resilience. Hypertrophic, hypoxic adipose tissue (AT) recruits...
2026 | Research Output Journal of Public Health and Medicine | Pp. 64-70
Road infrastructure is a cornerstone of economic growth and regional connectivity in Sub-Saharan Africa, facilitating trade, mobility, and access to essential services. However, emerging evidence indicates that road construction and maintenance can inadverten...
2026 | Research Output Journal of Arts and Management | Pp. 73-79
The rapid expansion of remote work, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has generated profound and uneven transformations in housing markets, commuting behavior, and urban social stratification. This paper synthesizes emerging evidence on how telework resha...
2026 | Research Output Journal of Engineering and Scientific Research | Pp. 14-20
Malaria remained a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in endemic regions, with prompt and accurate diagnosis critical for effective case management. Rapid diagnostic tests have emerged as point-of-care tools that enable community health workers to diagn...
2026 | Research Output Journal of Public Health and Medicine | Pp. 55-63
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) represents a major and growing global public health burden, with substantial proportions of cases remaining undiagnosed until advanced stages. Emerging precision public health approaches leveraging multi-omic risk scores, integrat...
2026 | Research Output Journal of Public Health and Medicine | Pp. 43-54
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) represents a growing global public health challenge driven by complex interactions between genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors. Advances in epigenomic profiling, particularly DNA methylation and chromatin modifications offer ne...
2026 | Research Output Journal of Public Health and Medicine | Pp. 36-42
Obesity and type 2 diabetes increasingly co-occur as “diabesity,” yet individuals with similar BMI and lifestyle can show strikingly different metabolic risk and treatment responses. This heterogeneity reflects complex interactions among genetic variants, lip...
2026 | Research Output Journal of Engineering and Scientific Research | Pp. 9-13
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-γ) played a central role in regulating glucose and lipid metabolism, making it a critical target for combating insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Traditional PPAR-γ agonists, notably thiazol...
2026 | Research Output Journal of Arts and Management | Pp. 65-72
This paper provides a comprehensive review of the conceptual foundations and methodological approaches to measuring polarization across disciplines. It highlights the multiplicity of definitions associated with polarization, ranging from political and social...