This is the first of two rapid assessment reports focusing on severely affected crisis contexts in sub-Saharan Africa. It provides a rapid assessment of crisis-affected populations in Somalia, South Sudan and Mali, to inform and bolster Action Against Hunger's humanitarian programming and interventions. This report covers the findings of interviews …
This guide is intended to provide a summary of the steps to develop wetland management planning processes. Improved understanding of how to use these principles and planning steps will help achieve more effective conservation and thus wetland wise use. This summary guide has been prepared to help managers of sites …
The World Trade Organization (wto) ruled on October 15 that the us has failed to bring subsidies and export credit guarantees to its cotton farmers in conformity with wto rulings. The ruling is a major victory for Brazil and four West African countries
a malaria vaccine tried out in Mali in 2003 was not suited to protect people from the pathogen prevalent in the area, according to a joint study by researchers in Mali and the us. The researchers studied samples from people in Bandiagara, a rural town in northeastern Mali, and found …
The government of African country Mali has stepped up efforts to eradicate guinea worm (Dracunculus medinensis) from the country. It appears that Niagassadiou, a village in the Mopti region of south central Mali, is the source of the infection that has spread all over west Africa. When these villagers migrate …
Africa is hardly synonymous with world class science. However, there are occasional islands of excellence such as the Malaria Research and Training Centre (MRTC) in Bamako, Mali. The principal activity of the MRTC is tracking the spread of resistance to available drugs. Among its achievements is a method for testing …
INHABITANTS of the vast Sahel desert need no longer wander in search of wood -- a scarce and consequently, expensive commodity in a desert -- when they construct a house. They can instead build woodless domed and vaulted roofs made entirely of mud, thanks to a technology developed by a …
