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World Bank: Africa’s economic growth to outpace average
Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa should significantly outpace the global average over the next three years, according to the World Bank.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- poverty alleviation, scale
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Sierra Leone: Using Technology to Save Lives
The telecommunications industry and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) have teamed up to use mobile phone technology to save lives in Sierra Leone.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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New Dalhberg Study shows how the Internet will drive development in Africa
Despite widespread agreement on the web’s potential to transform lives and reduce poverty, there is little information about how policymakers and investors should capitalize on this potential.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Africa: Poverty No Bar to Fighting Deadly Undernutrition
Some of the world’s poorest countries, including two in sub-Saharan Africa, are showing the greatest political commitment to tackling hunger and undernutrition.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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mHealth ‘could save a million African lives by 2017
Mobile health (mHealth) applications such as text messages could save more than a million lives in Sub-Saharan Africa over the next five years, according to a report.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Africa can leapfrog other regions on energy, power expo hears
Billed as Africa’s biggest power and energy expo, Power and Electricity World Africa launched in Sandton on Tuesday, with exhibits from China, India, Europe, the US and further afield displaying renewable and traditional technologies.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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South Africa: People On Art Have Near Normal Life Expectancies
People living with HIV in South Africa, who access antiretroviral therapy (ART) before their immune systems are severely compromised, have life expectancies close to that of the general population, researchers have found.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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Zambia slowly winning HIV/AIDS fight
In Southern Africa, Zambia has one of the world’s most devastating HIV and AIDS pandemic. In 2009, nearly 76,000 adults were newly infected with HIV, representing about 200 new infections each day.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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