This man needs to trust you before listening to your public health message. No wonder bombarding him with facts doesn’t always work.
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Reassuring people “not to worry” about public health issues like vaccination or fluoridated water doesn’t work. Nor does telling people “don’t panic”. So, what does?
Globally the frequency of natural disasters has more than doubled over the past 35 years.
CGIAR/Challenge food and water programme
Research comes with risk and uncertainty so getting the right message across to the people who matter can be a challenge for scientists. A new plan out today hopes to change that.
There’s a reason why some people don’t want to listen. Know that and you might stand a better chance of getting your point across.
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A closer look into the latest financial numbers of South Africa’s state power utility, Eskom, suggest that it may be in a more vulnerable position than appreciated.
Just when we all thought that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) had already won the race to be most ineffective regulator of the year, up pops the Australian Prudential Regulation…
The RBA noted the forecast large increases in supply in some inner-city apartment markets as a concerning risk.
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The technological goals are lofty. But fitting the new tech into the social and political landscape might pose the bigger challenge.
Activists protest the criminalisation of sex work outside the 21st International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa.
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