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WHO says funds secured for Africa pilots of world’s first malaria vaccine
Funding for phase one of pilot deployments of the world's first malaria vaccine in sub-Saharan Africa has been secured and immunization campaigns will begin in 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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IBUILD Paves Way for Housing Development in Kenya
Kenya’s problems with real estate are well known: with a supply shortage of over two million houses and over 90% of the construction workforce not formally registered with the government, development is often erratic and informal. In the spring of 2015 a tech-enabled solution was set up by affordable housing and urban renewal organization Builders of Hope (BOH), with an aim of allowing people to build for themselves and to help the workforce find job opportunities.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- employment, housing
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West Africa to target human and animal health together to fight Ebola and Zika
West African leaders have agreed a new approach to infectious diseases in an attempt to avert any repetition of the disastrous Ebola outbreak. Human, animal and environmental health will all be considered together, and countries in the region will work collaboratively to catch outbreaks of diseases including avian flu, Zika and Ebola in their early stages.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Cold Hub introduces solar-powered storage facility to empower Nigerian entrepreneurs
To ensure a greater part of the country’s farm yield does not get wasted due to challenges emanating from either erratic power supply or storage facilities reliant on power, Nigerian Cold Hub company has developed a solar-powered food storage design, Cold Hub, to empower small, medium and large scale farmers.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy, solar
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Self-Injection of Contraception is Feasible, Acceptable in Uganda
Self-injection of the contraceptive Sayana® Press is both feasible and highly acceptable among women participating in the first such research study conducted in sub-Saharan Africa, according to results published online by the journal Contraception.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Business of Malaria
Despite recent progress, the Democratic Republic of Congo remains the second most malaria-affected country in the world, with upwards of 10 million cases reported each year. Population Services International (PSI) and its partner network member Association de Santé Familiale (ASF) want to ensure that all Congolese have access to better diagnostics and care by creating a thriving business for treating malaria.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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How Shell is turning sandbags into electricity in Kenya
The device uses a bag filled with 12kg of rocks or sand, which after being lifted off the ground, slowly falls over 20 minutes, generating enough electricity to power a small light.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy
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To save its currency, Nigeria’s central bank wants people jailed for holding on to US dollars
Nigeria has tried a range of strategies to stem a trouble currency slide as well as manage its mounting economic crisis. The latest strategy could see it jail its own citizens.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- regulations
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