Rice fields in Madagascar. There is a project in the country to increase climate resilience in the rice sector.
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The private-sector plays an increasing role helping agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa adapt to a changing climate.
Technology has a lot to teach kids, especially if it’s available in more than one language.
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Schools should consider offering mobile learning technology in multiple languages to help pupils learn better in subjects like maths and science
A girl gets tested for HIV in Uganda where attempts to integrate HIV services with general health service have failed.
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In Uganda stand-alone clinics for HIV treatment persist because of stigma and overcrowding.
Parasitic worms live in the soil and water where they can constantly reinfect people.
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Deworming needs to be accompanied by health awareness campaigns in order to reduce diseases from parasitic worms.
Farmers in Ethiopia evaluate traits of wheat varieties.
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More action is needed to increase soil organic matter for the sake of improved nutrition.
Fundamental questions of ethics are involved in donor transplant decisions.
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Doctors in South Africa performed a liver transplant from an HIV-positive donor to a HIV-negative recipient. Major ethical questions came into play.
Researchers have raised concerns about anti-fungal resistance.
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Fungal diseases can be life-threatening for people living with HIV, cancer patients and those admitted to hospital.
Community schools reach otherwise unschooled children.
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Community-based education, or community schools, are alternative education models that lack school infrastructure.
Land is a contentious and emotive issue.
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Some South African land owners feel like the current debate portrays them as being opposed to reform rather than cooperative.
Conditions in Kenya’s slums like Mathare are not conducive to healthy life choices.
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A study in Kenya found that that there’s an association between relatively higher economic status and obesity in a slum setting.
Girls in Kenya face a range of challenges.
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Interventions for vulnerable girls in Kenya aim to empower and keep them safe.
It’s projected that Africa’s population will double by 2050.
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Empowered women make millions of decisions that add up to a better demographic situation for themselves, their children and for Africa.
Kenya needs policies that aim to draw women into STEM and retain them.
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Gender biases are revealed in enrolment inequalities and policies that favour male students.
Climate change also has an impact on public health.
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Scientists need to continue working across disciplines to find ways to disrupt disease transmission in the context of climate change.
Foreign spaza shop owners are being accused of selling “fake” food.
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Foreign shop-owners in South Africa are accused of selling counterfeit food and food beyond its sell-by date. These claims are driven by politically charged opinions, not evidence.
A small hospital in Wakiso district in the central region of Uganda.
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Only 16 out of 48 African countries and islands have access to hospital services within the WHO’s two-hour time threshold.
A bustling local market in Kumasi, Ghana.
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Policymakers in Africa approach rural and urban development separately. This needs to change.
Research-intensive universities can produce world class researchers.
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Working with African universities to effectively become research-intensive could transform sub-Saharan Africa’s higher education landscape.
Many rural communities across Africa have dropped kerosene lighting for various electrical lights.
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A lighting revolution is underway across Africa that’s occurred largely without government or donor involvement.
Research suggests that women enterprises in Tanzania are shy to take up business loans.
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Women-owned small business in Tanzania stay away from formal loans because of their negative beliefs about loans.