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Neglected tropical diseases of the skin are stigmatised, and may affect an individual’s quality of life
Les défis liés à l'accès à l'eau sont aggravés par les changements climatiques qui ont une incidence sur les ressources en eau dans la région sahélienne.
Thirty years ago the World Bank recognised that its position was untenable. It put in place mechanisms to make the bank more accountable to ordinary people.
The pandemic spurred the diagnostics industry to consider aspects like scale, affordability, speed and portability of tests.
The industry has the potential to create jobs, alleviate poverty and help reduce the extreme inequality in South Africa
Gender, climate change and water scarcity together create a difficult challenge.
Composers are keeping bow music alive through electronic music and other experiments.
Less than half of the children aged 0-14 who have TB are diagnosed – so they never even start treatment.
Progress in many areas of TB control stalled or reversed mainly because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent geo-political situations.
Confidence in banking is hard-earned and easily shocked. This makes individual banks and the banking sector susceptible to knock-on effects from other institutions.
Our understanding of Parkinson’s disease is far from complete. But researchers now believe that in most cases, Parkinson’s is caused by a complex interaction between genetic and environmental factors.
The effect of climate change on established lifestyles of farming communities are varied
Instead of the deluge of external interventions, ways must be found to build resilience from below, drawing on local practices and networks.
Aquifers are highly prevalent across Africa – but they’re not always going to be usable.
Alternatives to violent policing already exist in the daily practices of Nairobi residents who don’t depend on the police for safety.
Discrimination against anyone based on their sexual orientation or gender identity is not an African value.
There are fears that escalating US-Chinese tensions could threaten the independence of African and other nonaligned nations.
Nigerians are fond of beans but they need to preserve them without using toxic chemicals.
The political content in our personal feeds not only represents the world and politics to us. It creates new, sometimes “alternative”, realities.
Urban spaces are a repository of people’s beliefs, memories and collective conscience.
User fees is a major barrier to healthcare, including maternal and newborn care in Kenya.
It hasn’t been clear how common the species was on the Cape south coast because its body fossils are predominantly from southern Africa’s west coast.
Bird flu has been recurring in Africa since 2006 and Nigeria is heavily affected. High-level biosecurity measures are required to keep people and animals safe.
Greater awareness of the importance of voting is needed to improve the voter turnout in Nigeria’s elections.