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In Africa, Climate Change Wages War on Bodies, not Just Lands
While the African Union concentrates on strategies to mitigate the devastating financial effects climate change is having on Africans, I worry instead about its impact on our bodies.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How Africa’s researchers are solving Africa’s health problems
Researchers are pioneering treatments on the continent, for health challenges unique to the continent – but despite the successes African research institutions continue to lag behind
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Warning sign: The news on AIDS isn’t all good
On World AIDS Day, an important question: Is an AIDS-free generation within reach?
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Baby steps to saving lives
Each year, one in 10 babies around the world will be born prematurely and over a million of those will die. But could measuring the size of a baby's feet help save lives?
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenya’s merchants are warming up to a payment system born in a Seattle basement
Naming your company “money” takes some gall, but for the founders of Kopo Kopo, the gambit looks like it might pay off.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Finally, Micro-insurance Takes off in Nigeria
Nigeria has joined the nations that are determined to protect its poor and vulnerable by means of micro-insurance, writes Nnamdi Duru.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Telecoms and Banks lock horns over mobile banking in Zimbabwe
The bankers association accuse the mobile telephone operators of exploiting a grey area in the Banking Act.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Africa: Millions Still Waiting for Aids Revolution
According to UNAIDS one in four people who start HIV treatment in low-and middle-income countries do so dangerously late.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa