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People across Africa don’t have access to mental health professionals. A new community-based approach in Zimbabwe is proving effective.
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About three million people globally are ‘missed’ each year for Tuberculosis diagnosis. Many of them will die, some will get better, others will continue to infect others.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the new Director-General of the World Health Organisation
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The new director-general of the World Health Organisation has set universal health coverage as a priority. There are several ways to make headway with this goal.
Antenatal care is important during pregnancy.
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Evidence suggests a strong relationship between sustainability and the global competitiveness of a country. Nigerian businesses need to embrace it in order to thrive.
Africa is urbanising quickly, as growth in cities like Cairo, Egypt, shows.
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How can African research universities be more responsive to African countries’ needs? And how can these universities work together to leverage funding for research informed by African realities?
Talking about advance care planning should be seen as part of palliative care.
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Most Africans see courts as legitimate but only a slim majority trust them while one in three people believe judges are corrupt.
South African children in Kwa-Zulu Natal walk to the last tap with running water after other communal taps were cut off due to drought.
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South Africa did a brilliant job of increasing access to safe water for millions of people after the first democratic elections in 1994. But it hasn’t kept up the good work.
Also known as the Mexico City policy, the rule increases abortion demand and has consequences for a range of other health matters such as HIV/AIDS, cervical cancer and child health and well-being.
An innovative water-sensitive project aims to dramatically improve the health of slums and their environment together.
Rebekah Brown, Monash University; Karin Leder, Monash University, and Tony Wong, Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities
A five-year project announced today will implement an innovative water-sensitive approach tailored to informal settlements. The goal is to revitalise 24 communities in Fiji and Indonesia.
Leaders in Davos are being asked to consider how global cooperation could be reinvigorated. They could do worse than start with UN reforms.
Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is guided through Mbalmayo, Cameroon, a town where residents are engaged in projects to further the MDGs.
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The Millennium Development Goals failed in aspects like poverty. Lessons must be learnt to ensure that these mistakes will not be repeated by the Sustainable Development Goals.
Demonstrators march against corruption in Cape Town. South Africa has some way to go to plug a public accountability deficit.
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South Africa’s end of term report at the helm of the Open Government Partnership shows that it failed to meet key targets it set for itself. But it also shows improvements in some areas.
A tea picker walks through a tea plantation damaged by frost near Kericho, the Kenyan highland town hit hard by changing weather patterns.
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For a long time the way we measure what is going on in our economy and society has distorted our actions. We’re now building a more holistic way of measuring progress.
Just another day in Nairobi’s Kibera slums. Slums are characterised by densely packed settlements with inadequate provision of services.
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Alex Ezeh, African Population and Health Research Center; Blessing Mberu, African Population and Health Research Center, and Tilahun Haregu, African Population and Health Research Center
Despite increased global awareness about poor conditions in slums, the health of their inhabitants is a little studied phenomenon.