World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
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Economic development in Africa report 2017: tourism for transformative and inclusive growth
Tourism – in terms of its contribution to gross domestic product, employment and trade – is an important sector in many African economies, and its growth is increasingly driven by tourists originating
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Nigeria: Ebonyi Budgets N1.8 Billion for Primary Health Care
Abakaliki — The Ebonyi State government at the weekend said that under the first round of 2017 Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Week, (MNCHW), 124, 900 children would be immunized against the polio virus,
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1.7m Nigeria women, 380,000 children living with HIV’
No fewer than 1.7million women and 380,00 children under age 15, are currently living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria according to the 2015 data by the National AIDS & STIs Control Program (NASCP) of the Federal
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Gender, climate change, and resilient food systems: lessons from strategic adaptation by smallholder farmers in Cameroon
Climate change has major impacts on the food security and livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Africa south of the Sahara. Vulnerable to the vagaries of weather and to being chronically poor, women farmers
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Gender issues in biogas promotion and use in Kenya: a preliminary review
This review has been undertaken in the context of preparation of a concept note for the Kenya dairy NAMA. Biogas promotion is one of the project components. Mitigation actions should aim to achieve greater,
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The nexus of energy supply and human health
Uses of main primary energy resources, such as coal, oil, and solid biomass, are directly linked with adverse impacts on human health. Air pollution emitted from various activities in the energy supply
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Climate adaptation efforts must start with listening- experts
When Gabriel Kulwaum was talking about climate change issues to a group of fishermen in Papua New Guinea, he was met with an unexpected response. "One old man at the back of the room stood up and asked
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A qualitative understanding of the effects of reusable sanitary pads and puberty education: implications for future research and practice
<p>The management of menstruation has come to the fore as a barrier to girls' education attainment in low income contexts. Interventions have been proposed and piloted, but the emerging nature of the
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‘85% Raj rural women don’t know about HIV/AIDS’
JAIPUR: High migratory population in the state makes Rajasthan vulnerable to HIV/AIDS. But a matter of even more serious concern is that the percentage of women with comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS
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Diabetes, blood pressure, asthma take the toll on women
Percentage Of Women Deaths Resulting From Diabetes And Blood Pressure Exceeded That Of Men In The State, Shows An Analysis Of Vital Statistics Reports Between The Years 2005 And 2015. When it comes