Africa’s got plans for a Great Green Wall: why the idea needs a rethink
Africa's great green wall suffers from a major mismatch between ambition and effort. But that's not to say it should be ditched altogether.
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How a community-based approach to mental health is making strides in Zimbabwe
Lay workers are being trained to help Zimbabwe manage mental issues in communities. So far it's proving successful.
“Missing” TB cases are a huge problem. What Kenya needs to do to find them
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.
Ensuring safer pregnancies for Kenyan women in urban slums
Antenatal care is a vital time for both mother and unborn baby. It promotes and establishes good health before childbirth and after delivery.
Why businesses in Nigeria need to take sustainable finance seriously
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’s research universities can help to drive an urban agenda
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?
What Kenya needs to do to end the taboo of talking about ‘end of life care’
Discussing end-of-life care -helps patients, their families and their healthcare teams plan for the future and end of life care.
In Bangladesh, people are eating more fish but getting less nutrition from it
The focus of food production systems, including aquaculture, must move beyond maximising yields to consider nutritional quality too.
Poorer people in Africa face higher hurdles to access to justice
Most Africans see courts as legitimate but only a slim majority trust them while one in three people believe judges are corrupt.
South Africa is no longer the poster child for providing access to safe water
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.
The UN can save itself by working effectively with outside partners
The United Nations has seldom been under more pressure to prove it's valuable. But it might have found a way.
Water-sensitive innovations to transform health of slums and environment
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.
How to make the United Nations fit for purpose in a new globalised era
Leaders in Davos are being asked to consider how global cooperation could be reinvigorated. They could do worse than start with UN reforms.
How Africa can perform better in the new round of UN development goals
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.
Response to climate change is critical as risk of disease outbreaks grows
As East Africa becomes warmer, the threat of climate sensitive diseases such as malaria, Rift Valley Fever and cholera is increasing.
Slum health is not urban health: why we must distinguish between the two
Despite increased global awareness about poor conditions in slums, the health of their inhabitants is a little studied phenomenon.
We can cut emissions in half by 2040 if we build smarter cities
Future population growth is expected to take place almost entirely in cities. We won't fight climate change without them.
Our cities need to go on a resource diet
Our cities need to become much more efficient not just to conserve precious resources but to improve the economy, wellbeing and resilience to environmental change and disasters.
Sanitation projects will go down the toilet unless we ask people what they really want
Community participation is vital to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. But at the moment it often comes too little, too late.
Some good news from Mozambique: poverty levels have been reduced
Mozambique has made significant progress in its fight against poverty despite recent economic and political challenges
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