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Germination and regeneration dynamics of the native tree species Guibourtia copallifera in Kasewe Forest Reserve, Moyamba District Open

Johnny Jonathan, Aiah Lebbie, Wadsworth Richard · 2025

Soil and Mycorrhizal Diversity and Distribution in Relation to G. copallifera in Kasewe Forest Reserve, Southern Sierra Leone Open

Jonathan Johnny, Aiah Lebbie, Richard Wadsworth · 2025

Gibourtia copallifera is a rare, range-restricted tree native to the Kasewe Forest Reserve in southern Sierra Leone. Historically exploited for gum copal, it now faces threats from charcoal production due to its high-qua…

Co-Infections with Orthomarburgviruses, Paramyxoviruses, and Orthonairoviruses in Egyptian Rousette Bats, Uganda and Sierra Leone Open

Brian R. Amman, Amy J. Schuh, Tara K. Sealy, Immah Conteh, Gloria Akurut , et al. · 2025

We report 1.3% (19/1,511) of Egyptian rousette bats (ERBs) in Uganda and Sierra Leone were co-infected with different combinations of Marburg, Sosuga, Kasokero, or Yogue viruses. To prevent infection by those viruses, we recommend avoiding…

Footprints of Edge Communities’ Exploitation of a Plant Species (Guiboutia Copallifera) Within Its Distributional Range in Sierra Leone Open

Jonathan Johnny, Aiah Lebbie, Richard Wadsworth · 2025

This study investigates the impact of human activity on the diversity, abundance, and species composition of trees in southwestern Sierra Leone's Kasewe Forest Reserve. The specific objectives are to assess the historical use of <i…

Diversity and abundance of butterflies along a land use: Land cover gradient in Eastern Sierra Leone Open

Feika James, Aiah Lebbie, Wadsworth Richard · 2024

Sosuga Virus Detected in Egyptian Rousette Bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) in Sierra Leone Open

Brian R. Amman, Alusine H. Koroma, Amy J. Schuh, Immah Conteh, Tara K. Sealy , et al. · 2024

Sosuga virus (SOSV), a rare human pathogenic paramyxovirus, was first discovered in 2012 when a person became ill after working in South Sudan and Uganda. During an ecological investigation, several species of bats were sampled and tested …

Cannabis use and its psychosocial correlates among school-going adolescents in Sierra Leone Open

Augustus Osborne, Peter James, Comfort Z. Olorunsaiye, Camilla Bangura, Aiah Lebbie · 2024

Background In Sierra Leone, adolescents are increasingly engaging in risky activities, including cannabis use, which can lead to substance abuse, poor academic performance, and psychotic symptoms. This study aims to investigate the prevale…

Bullying victimization among in-school adolescents in Sierra Leone: A cross-sectional analysis of the 2017 Sierra Leone Global School-Based Health Survey Open

Augustus Osborne, Peter James, Camilla Bangura, Samuel Maxwell Tom Williams, Jia Bainga Kangbai , et al. · 2023

Adolescent bullying victimization is recognized as a public health and mental health problem in many countries. However, data on bullying victimization’s prevalence and risk factors is scarce in sub-Saharan Africa Sierra Leone. This resear…

Herbal medicine safety awareness among Healthcare Professionals in Freetown Sierra Leone Open

Augustus Osborne, Peter James, Camilla Bangura, Samuel Maxwell Tom Williams, Abraham Khanu , et al. · 2023

Background: There is a pressing need to incorporate herbal medicine preventaKve measures into the current pharmacovigilance system, as recent evidence from the World Health OrganizaKon (WHO) shows. However, medical professionals are genera…

Knowledge, prevalence, and risk factors for self-reported sexually transmitted diseases among University Students in Sierra Leone Open

Augustus Osborne, Peter James, Camilla Bangura, Samuel Maxwell Tom Williams, Richard Wadsworth , et al. · 2023

Introduction: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a worldwide health concern. Students often engage in sexual acKvity while away at college, puVng themselves at risk for STDs, unintended pregnancies, and unsafe aborKons because of t…

Effect of density and management of oil palm plantations on the avifauna of Southeastern Sierra Leone Open

Feika James, D. A. Patrick, Aiah Lebbie, Wadsworth Richard · 2023

Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) is a tropical perennial plant that provides most of the vegetable oil traded internationally. Although native to Africa, oil palm is grown throughout the humid tropics, and the largest producers are now in Sout…

Bullying Victimization among in-School Adolescents in Sierra Leone: A cross-sectional Analysis of the 2017 Sierra Leone Global School-Based Health Survey. Open

Augustus Osborne, Peter James, Camilla Bangura, Samuel Maxwell Tom Williams, Jia Bainga Kangbai , et al. · 2023

Background Adolescent bullying victimization is recognized as a public health and mental health problem in many countries. However, data on bullying victimization's prevalence and risk factors is scarce in sub-Saharan Africa Sierra Leone. …

Cannabis use and its psychosocial correlates among school-going adolescents in Sierra Leone. Open

Leone. Augustus Osborne, Peter James, Comfort Z. Olorunsaiye, Camilla Bangura, Aiah Lebbie · 2023

Background: Adolescents who use cannabis are more prone to participate in risky activities, such as taking other drugs, doing poorly in school, and exhibiting psychotic symptoms. No recent estimates of cannabis use and its correlates among…

Out-of-pocket costs and catastrophic healthcare expenditure for families of children requiring surgery in sub-Saharan Africa Open

Ava Yap, Bolusefe T. Olatunji, Samuel Negash, Dilon Mweru, Steve Kisembo , et al. · 2023

A full 40% of families of children in sub-Saharan Africa who undergo surgery incur catastrophic healthcare expenditure, shouldering economic consequences such as forfeited wages and debt. Intensive resource utilization and reduced insuranc…

Distribution and Regeneration Status of Guibourtia copallifera Benn. in Sierra Leone Open

Jonathan Johnny, Aiah Lebbie, Richard Wadsworth · 2023

This study was conducted to assess the species distributional range, structure, and regeneration status of G. copallifera Benn. A distributional survey was conducted in over 30 villages and communities where claims were made about t…

Genetic Structure and Diversity Study of Cassava (Manihot esculenta) Germplasm for African Cassava Mosaic Disease and Fresh Storage Root Yield Open

Janatu Veronica Sesay, Aiah Lebbie, Richard Wadsworth, Ephraim Nuwamanya, Souleymane Bado , et al. · 2023

A better understanding of population structure and genetic diversity among cassava germplasm for African cassava mosaic disease and fresh root yield traits is useful for cassava improvement programme. Phenotype-based selection for these tr…

Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Local Cassava Varieties and Characteristics Desired by Farmers in Sierra Leone Open

Janatu Veronica Sesay, Aiah Lebbie, Richard Wadsworth, Robert Tamba Michael Chakanda · 2023

It has been observed that farmers adopt only a small number of the “improved” cultivars. A nationwide germplasm collection exercise in February 2018 provided the opportunity to collect indigenous technical knowledge (ITK) of the diversity …

Capacity and leadership development for wildlife conservation in sub-Saharan Africa: assessment of a programme linking training and mentorship Open

Ibrahim Abu-Bakarr, Mohamed I. Bakarr, Nancy Gelman, Jonathan Johnny, Philip Jimia Kamanda , et al. · 2022

As threats facing wildlife and protected areas across Africa increase, demand for innovative and transformational leadership to tackle the challenges remains high. Traditional academic training programmes are playing a critical role in mee…

Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants utilized by forest edge communities in southern Sierra Leone Open

Johnny Jonathan, Aiah Lebbie, Wadsworth Richard · 2022

A total of 128 medicinal plant species belonging to 71 genera and 46 families were identified and used to treat 42 human ailments. Euphorbiaceae was the leading family with 14 species, followed by Rubiaceae and Leg-Caesalpiniaceae with 12 …

PREVALENCE OF SKIN LIGHTENING AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN SIERRA LEONE Open

Camilla Bangura, Madison Gardner, Augustus Osborne, Richard Wadsworth, Aiah Lebbie · 2021

Background: A growing number of individuals worldwide are keen to modify their skin colour; sunbathers risk skin cancer and premature ageing (and more recently, many risked catching the coronavirus just for the chance to lie on a beach). S…

Incidence and characterization of cassava mosaic viruses in improved and local cultivars in Sierra Leone Open

Janatu Veronica Sesay, Aiah Lebbie, Richard Wadsworth · 2021

In Sub-Sahara Africa, Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD) is the major important viral disease of cassava which threatens production, livelihoods and food security. Frequently CMD is due to the Africa Cassava Mosaic Virus (ACMV), East African Cas…

Predicting the adoption of improved cassava varieties in Sierra Leone Open

Veronica Sesay Janatu, Aiah Lebbie, A. Wadsworth Richard · 2021

In Sierra Leone cassava plays a major role in households' food and income security. Plant breeders have concentrated on improved varieties with an increasing yields per unit area. This study was designed to identify factors that influence …

Isolation of Angola-like Marburg virus from Egyptian rousette bats from West Africa Open

Brian R. Amman, Brian H. Bird, Ibrahim A. Bakarr, James Bangura, Amy J. Schuh , et al. · 2020

Changes in Rainfall in Sierra Leone: 1981–2018 Open

Richard Wadsworth, Amie Jalloh, Aiah Lebbie · 2019

Sierra Leone on the west coast of Africa has a monsoon-type climate. Reports by politically influential donors regularly state that Sierra Leone is extremely vulnerable to climate change, but the objective evidence backing these statements…

What Happened to the Forests of Sierra Leone? Open

Richard Wadsworth, Aiah Lebbie · 2019

The last National Forest Inventory of Sierra Leone took place more than four decades ago in 1975. There appears to be no legal definition of “forest” in Sierra Leone and it is sometimes unclear whether reports are referring to the forest a…

Lebbiea (Podostemaceae-Podostemoideae), a new, nearly extinct genus with foliose tepals, in Sierra Leone Open

Martin Cheek, Aiah Lebbie · 2018

Lebbiea grandiflora (Podostemaceae), a rheophytic herb from the Sewa River rapids in Sierra Leone, is described as a new species. It is the first new African genus of Podostemaceae published for 30 years. First collected in May 2017, the s…

A synoptic revision of Inversodicraea (Podostemaceae) Open

Martin Cheek, Abdulai M. B. Feika, Aiah Lebbie, D. J. Goyder, Barthélémy Tchiengué , et al. · 2017

Six new species of Inversodicraea (I. feika from Sierra Leone, I. liberia from Liberia, and I. ebo, I. eladii, I. tchoutoi, and I. xanderi from Cameroon) are described as new to science in the context of a synoptic revision of this African…

Ledermanniella yiben sp. nov. (Podostemaceae), Critically Endangered at the proposed Yiben Reservoir, Sierra Leone Open

Martin Cheek, X. van der Burgt, Joseph Momoh, Aiah Lebbie · 2017

Ledermanniella yiben Cheek is described from the Seli (Rokel) river bed at a single rapid to be flooded by the proposed Yiben hydroelectric dam and reservoir in Sierra Leone. It is assessed as Critically Endangered using the IUCN categorie…

Specialization in ethnomedicinal plant knowledge among herbalists in the forest region of Rivercess County, Liberia Open

Aiah Lebbie, Kouame N’guessan François, Kouassi Konan Édouard · 2017

The ethnomedicinal uses of plants reported by 22 herbalists in the Rivercess County of Liberia show a rich knowledge of medicinal plant usage for both common and less common health problems. We set out with the objectives of documenting th…

Comparative studies of fish smoking and solar drying in the Sierra Leone artisanal fishing industry Open

Andrew Kallon, Aiah Lebbie, Barbara Sturm, Tommy Garnett, Richard Wadsworth · 2017

“Energy efficient rural food processing utilizing renewable energy to improve rural Livelihoods” known as the “RE4Food” project is a three year effort by researchers in Sierra Leone, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Germany and the UK, funded b…

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