Arresting pregnant teenagers won’t curb pregnancy rates.
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Tanzania’s government must focus on the drivers of teenage pregnancy, which are entirely overlooked in current punitive policies, instead of expelling and arresting schoolgirls.
Primary school can be demanding and hard to follow for children without previous experience of learning in a classroom setting.
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Research shows that children who had preschool education were less likely to drop out of school and have higher levels of literacy when they reach adolescence.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health Organisation Director-General, speaking on Ebola at the UN’s Geneva headquarters.
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The web or network of exposed people can quickly grow from one case if steps aren’t taken early to avoid further onward transmission.
Central banks and other financial sector regulators have not always paid adequate attention to the sector’s impact on the environment.
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Central banks are expected to act without fear or favour. But to deal with climate change, they may have to encourage financial institutions to favour certain types of activities over others.
Refugee camp in Tanzania.
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Incidents of violence and growing fear and uncertainty have pushed over 400 000 Burundians to seek refuge in neighbouring countries.
Rosewood is coveted for its colour
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CITES’ decision seeks to increase levels of monitoring so that we can be more and better informed about the illegal trade of Mukula and over-harvesting.
The government of President Idriss Deby in Chad blocked citizens’ internet access for 16 months.
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Social media is shaping Africa’s political engagement in diverse and complex ways.
Newspapers in Swahili and in English in Dar es Salaam. The media is increasingly not trusted in Tanzania.
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In a surprising change in trends, citizens in many African countries increasingly support government restrictions of press freedom.
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Factors behind the hits and misses of the higher education sector in Kenya and East Africa. What needs to be done to address the problems.
Footprints at the second, more recently recorded site in Laetoli.
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While the science is crucial, it is also important to know what sense the people who live in and around Laetoli make of these ancient footprints.
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Researchers around the world are working hard to find a vaccine that is safe and effective.
Coffee bushes in a shade-grown plantation in the Andes, Ecuador.
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Because the interactions between trees, soils, crops and livestock can be positive or negative, their relationship must be balanced and understood.
White-bearded wildebeest migrate through the Mara.
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Four of the five contemporary migrations in East Africa are severely threatened and have virtually collapsed.
Millions of women in Africa spend long hours collecting water.
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Any policies and interventions around water management can only really be successful if women are included.
Manufacturing sites are high noise working areas.
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Measures to control or reduce workplace noise exposure are critical to reducing hearing loss in workers.
Doctors at a hospital in Kisumu, Kenya.
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East African countries use a scorecard to monitor maternal and child health progress in the region.
Tools like the WHO checklist can lead to better surgical outcomes in countries with limited resources.
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Research found that only a quarter of anaesthetists working in main referral hospitals in East Africa used the WHO safe surgical checklist.
Foot-and-mouth disease is endemic to Tanzania.
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Foot-and-mouth disease vaccines have been successful in several parts of the world. But in Tanzania it’s not that easy.
Tanzania’s capital, Dar es Salaam. The country is known for its budgetary problems.
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Building a fiscally capable state won’t bring benefits in the short term but can build taxpayers confidence.
Cage farming is when fish are raised and harvested in a netted enclosure.
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With proper regulation, Lake Victoria’s fisheries could increase production without damaging wild stocks or the environment.