India has developed a pioneering national agroforestry policy.
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If we need more trees, many will have to be introduced into managed agricultural mosaic landscapes.
Restrictive laws mean that women resort to unsafe means.
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In Kenya nearly 120,000 women are treated in health facilities each year for complications arising from unsafe abortions
Foraging bees are exposed to a cocktail of toxic chemicals in the environment.
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The world’s most widely used herbicide poses a threat to honey bees.
The WHO recommends testing for HIV every 6 to 12 months.
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Knowing your HIV status is key to accessing life-saving treatment or evaluating the best prevention options.
The largest number of HIV-exposed but uninfected children are in South Africa.
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HIV negative children born to women with HIV have a greater risk of dying before their first birthday.
More than a year after a groundbreaking liver transplant doctors still can’t say if the recipient is HIV-positive or not.
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A liver transplant from an HIV-positive living donor to an HIV-negative recipient is possible, but there are still gaps in our knowledge.
The theme for World Aids Day is “know your status”.
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Access to HIV testing is an important factor in reaching UN goals that 90% of people with HIV must know their status by 2020.
Single parent and extended families are the dominant family forms in South Africa.
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More attention needs to be paid to aligning South Africa’s family policy with the realities of everyday life.
In Kenya, contraceptive use among teens has been consistently low.
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Teenage girls in Kenya who fall pregnant either drop out of school or risk unsafe abortions.
The life expectancy improvements in sub-Saharan Africa vary between men and women.
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The leading causes of death in sub-Saharan Africa for adults 15 to 49 years were AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, maternal disorders, and road injuries.
Over 47% of women in Kenya have experienced physical or sexual violence by their partner.
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A study in Kenya found that the lower men ranked themselves in society, the more violent they were with their intimate partners.
Bed nets treated with insecticide have been effective in fighting malaria in Africa.
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The fight against malaria needs scientific innovation. But community buy-in is just as important.
Violence against children hinders them from reaching their full potential.
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There’s increasing global recognition that violence against women and children often occur together in homes.
New toilet blocks in Mathare Valley informal settlement in Nairobi.
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Women in developing countries are burdened by the lack of access to proper toilets in their homes, communities, schools and public spaces.
Many children don’t receive the treatment they deserve.
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When children are drawn into their countries’ informal justice systems, their human rights are often threatened.
Thanks to a novel process, human urine can be turned into bio-bricks.
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Some of the things we discard - like urine - can actually be useful resources.
Stella Nyanzi at work.
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Academic Stella Nyanzi has been daring in her critique of Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni. She now faces jail for her outspokenness.
Cheryl Zondi bucked the trend of rape accusers staying anonymous in South Africa.
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Prevailing patriarchal and cultural norms in some societies prevent women victims of sexual crimes from talking out by shaming them.
A farmer weeding his maize crop south of Harare, Zimbabwe.
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Outdated water permit systems are threatening food security on the continent. Here’s what can be done.
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Recent hoax papers in humanities don’t show what they claim, but need to be taken seriously.