Thursday 28 April 2011
About 30 per cent of people dying from NCDs in low- and middle-income countries are aged under 60 years and are in their most productive period of life.
Thursday 28 April 2011
About 3.3-billion people – that’s half of the world's population – are at risk of malaria.
Wednesday 27 April 2011
Under the deal, farmers plant tress on large scale to offset the harmful effects of carbon emissions by industries and other sources.
Wednesday 27 April 2011
This condition has always been mistaken as a bad omen or burden to the society according to most African cultural practices, which have in turn shut out about 80 Per cent of the disabled out of employment.
Tuesday 26 April 2011
The UN report notes continued grave violations, such as the killing of children, sexual violence, attacks on health centres and the denial of humanitarian access.
Saturday 23 April 2011
In its new report Making the Switch, MSF calls on African governments to follow new World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines soon to be released, and switch from the far less effective quinine to artesunate, which could avert nearly 200,000 deaths each year.
Friday 22 April 2011
Media from both China and Africa urged to further promote cooperation, facilitate mutually beneficial exchanges and enlarge cooperative areas.
Thursday 21 April 2011
The yet-to-be independent State faces tough challenges that threaten to mar its high hopes
Thursday 21 April 2011
A new book by researchers at the Nairobi-based World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) released ahead of the World Malaria Day finds that plants in East Africa with promising antimalarial qualities—ones that have treated malaria symptoms in the region’s communities for hundreds of years—are at risk of extinction.
Wednesday 20 April 2011
Post-election violence, that has adverse effects on both the country as well as its citizens, has become a common inclination in most if not all of the African states.
Monday 18 April 2011
Newly launched Policy Hubs and Policy Nodes program aims at spurring a green revolution in Ghana through the development and implementation of progressive agricultural policies targeted at smallholder farmers.
Friday 15 April 2011
The revolution currently sweeping through North Africa and the Middle East is a clear testimony to people’s frustration with their leaders and wake up call to dictators to relinquish power.
Thursday 14 April 2011
African women more at risk of having stillbirths.
Thursday 14 April 2011
Despite previously serving under the Museveni government, Dr Kizza Besigye has risen to be his greatest competitor, having contested against him three times in the general elections.
Tuesday 12 April 2011
Rights watchdog says without human rights, sustainable urban development is not achievable
