Studies on mortality in sub-Saharan Africa haven’t focused on the effects of climate change.
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African countries need to take into account the effects environmental changes, like climate change, have on their ability to deal with food security, poverty reduction and lowering mortality rates.
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Researchers around the world are working hard to find a vaccine that is safe and effective.
Academics, farmers and entrepreneurs in Malawi integrate their expertise.
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Local based approaches from farmers, researchers and entrepreneurs prove successful for innovation in Malawi.
Eight candidates are running for president in Malawi’s election.
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It’s an achievement in itself that Malawi is holding its sixth multi-party national elections since its transition from dictatorship under former President Kamuzu Banda.
Road deaths are 8th biggest killer worldwide.
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UN is seeking to halve global road deaths and injuries by 2020, but many poorer countries are moving in the wrong direction.
Malawian villages operate according to strict hierarchies. NGOs can unsettle these.
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The mere presence of NGOs, no matter their size or aims, inadvertently reduced the legitimacy of local village headmen.
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Given the high burden of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, a partially effective vaccine is considered better than none.
Cholera vaccines have been given to people in Beira after an outbreak following Cyclone Idai.
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Cyclone Idai showed just how unprepared SADC is to respond to major natural disasters.
In sub-Saharan Africa, upgrading water infrastructure requires substantial investment and a sustainable model.
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Decision making on water infrastructure in peri-urban areas is challenging. But lessons have been learnt from a water project in Mozambique.
A woman receiving an oral cholera vaccine in Beira, Mozambique.
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The flood waters caused by Cyclone Idai have receded. But in some ways, the problems for many of the countries affected, are just beginning.
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Cyclone Idai hit poor countries the hardest and shows why disaster resilience is a necessity.
British air force and aid workers offloading supplies in Mozambique.
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The international community responded quickly to Cyclone Idai as the African Union dragged its feet.
Lessons learned from the threat of Cape Town’s “Day Zero.”
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Cities need to pay attention to how extreme weather events effect their resources.
The Korle Gono beach in Accra covered in plastic bottles and other items washed ashore following weeks of heavy flooding in 2016.
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Focusing on everyday politics can help explain why powerful interest groups undermine policies that might improve the public good.
A woman searches for materials to rebuild her home after the passage of Cyclone Idai, in Beira City, central Mozambique.
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The lack of in-depth coverage of the southern African floods tell a grim picture of the state of South Africa’s newsrooms.
Devastation in Sofala Province, central Mozambique.
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From New Orleans to Haiti to Mozambique, global inequality plays a major role in making disasters deadly.
People leaving their homes in the flooded section of Praia Nova, Beira, Mozambique in the wake of tropical cyclone Idai.
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The recent storms provide a grim reminder of the prospect of future tropical cyclones in a region under continued threat from climate change.
Torrential rains in Malawi have caused dozens of deaths.
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High poverty levels mean people lack access to land and work and they are often driven to settle in zones that are exposed to natural hazards.
Fresh produce at a market in Blantyre, Malawi.
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Across Africa less than 10% of the population is connected to a sewer system. But the waste could be used elsewhere.
Women in Malawi visit clinics many more times in their lives than men.
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Female-centred health services are good, but they may detract from gender equality and men’s health.