Hiral Anil Shah, Imperial College London; Kallista Chan, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine y Kris Murray, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
New research quantifies the link between agricultural practices and malaria transmission in sub-Saharan Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the world’s most sunlit regions. A prototype generator uses that sunlight in place of diesel to support unreliable electricity grids.
A helping hand in the fight against malaria.
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Hybrid energy systems that combine renewable and non-renewable fuel systems could be the key to sub-Saharan Africa’s energy transition.
Renzo Martens attends the opening of the “White Cube” gallery on April 22, 2017 in the town of Lusanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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The documentary by Dutch artist Renzo Martins is generating important debates today in the Democratic Republic of Congo as well as in Europe. Analysis of the stakes of a film that will be a milestone.
A bus and tro-tro station in Accra, Ghana.
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Industrialisation was key to long-term economic growth in the west and Asia. After years of going in the wrong direction, new research suggests that many African countries have seen a turnaround.
‘Night commuter’ girls in Gulu, norhern Uganda in 2006. The girls walk into the city after dark to evade capture by the Lords Resistance Army.
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Their mothers were forcibly married or raped during Uganda’s vicious civil war. Now these children are ‘non people’.
Children run as an agent of the National Institute of Public Hygiene carries out fumigation in the Anyama district of Abidjan,Ivory Coast.
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A warming climate may change the types of viruses that thrive. A new report suggests that the threat of malaria may be replaced by dengue, for which there is no treatment and no cure.
Mentoring can help build the confidence of young researchers in Sub-Saharan Africa
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In many sub-Saharan African countries, 20% of mothers have suffered the death of a child, a new study finds. In Mali, Liberia and Malawi, it’s common for mothers to lose two children.
Mauritius’ social welfare system is relatively stronger than most nations’
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Mauritius preserved its social welfare system even during structural reforms in the 1970s. It is now better prepared than most nations for the health and economic impact of COVID-19.
Professsor of Public Health; Co-Director Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa; Panel Member, Private Healthcare Market Inquiry, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor of medicine and deputy director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre at the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town