Genetic data holds a wealth of health information.
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There is a need for genetic services in low and middle-income countries.
Young African scientists face persistent barriers which cause them to leave academia.
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The Global State of Young Scientists Africa project investigates the challenges that shape the career trajectories of young African scientists.
Beehive fences can help improve human-elephant coexistence.
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There is indeed merit to using beehives to keep elephants from eating and destroying crops.
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Findings from South Africa’s Health Market Inquiry makes recommendations to close the information gap between service providers and consumers.
Zimbabwe needs to reconsider its HIV transmission law.
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Gains made in the fight against HIV and AIDS in Zimbabwe could be reversed unless a legal provision is revised.
Satellite data includes digital imagery of factors that affect farming.
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Big data can be used to properly advise smallholder farmers in Africa and help guide pest monitoring efforts.
A child receives the MenAfriVac™ vaccine in Burkina Faso.
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Vaccines that help prevent meningococcal disease don’t give lifetime protection.
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Domination of key South African markets by a few players, as displayed in the healthcare market inquiry, may require authorities to consider breaking up monopolies.
Nanomedicine could scupper the need for TB patients to take multiple daily tablets with toxic side effects.
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The reason that nanoparticles hold such hope for TB treatment is that they can be carefully targeted.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is accused of pandering to Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini (right) and other traditional leaders.
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South Africa’s ruling party, the ANC , is mishandling the process leading towards land expropriation without compensation.
Congolese women march to government offices in the Bunia, Eastern DRC to mark International Women’s Day.
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Women in the DRC are much more than victims of violence and coming together to effect change.
In South Africa, untamed fires are on the rise in informal settlements and low-income neighbourhoods.
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Paraffin stoves are used all over South Africa in millions of households and are the riskiest.
South African land reform debates reflect a tricky balance of power post Jacob Zuma’s rule.
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South Africans can’t afford to let the land debate be reduced to a shouting match.
Listening and learning during a Sustainable Futures in Action meeting in Kampala, Uganda.
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Without change, the trajectory of growth and development in the world will remain consistent with that of the past 80 years.
South African women march against high levels of gender based violence in the country.
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Gender based violence should not be addressed only once it has happened, by jailing offenders. Prevention is just as important.
An experimental Ebola vaccine is being tried to contain the current outbreak in the DRC.
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There have been ten Ebola outbreaks recorded from the DRC between 1976 and 2018 from different locations. This implies that the virus is widely spread.
In 2016, about 16 million people in Kenya couldn’t afford to meet their basic needs – which include food and shelter.
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Statistics suggest that the fight against poverty is far from being won in Kenya.
Women who lead schools must deal with internal and external stresses.
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Researchers pay scant attention to women principals’ identities as leaders in relation to race, culture, ethnicity, religion, class, and sexuality.
Limited by illiteracy and workloads women are less involved in Turkana.
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Turkana women weren’t properly represented in decisions made between the oil company and community.
A female farmer in Zambia tends to her crops.
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Civil society organisations in Zambia help women get access to land.