Cost-effective interventions are needed in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to reduce death burden caused by non-communicable diseases (NCDs), a study recommends. According to researchers, inadequate evaluation of how lifestyle-related diseases are addressed in LMICs motivated them to conduct the study. Cancer, diabetes and other lifestyle-related diseases kill more people in developing
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An internship at a hospital in Malawi was an eye-opening experience for Sonia Sosa. “Sometimes, there are tons of babies, and there are not that many nurses, so they’re understaffed. It was really hard to work there, but then it also challenged me to really go back and work really hard
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Many African governments have taken to censoring a variety of apps and sites, especially around election time. But people across the continent are increasingly seeking out ways to work around the blocks. "At first I thought my cell phone had been hacked or something was broken," says a DW correspondent who
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Kenya and Tanzania are among nine African countries set to benefit from an ambitious US-led initiative to invest in gas-powered power plants. The Gas Roadmap for sub-Saharan Africa, launched in June at the World Gas Conference in Washington, DC, by the US Agency for International Development's Power Africa co-ordinator, is an
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When Ivory Coast put out a tender to build a bridge over the lagoon in its commercial hub of Abidjan, 10 out of the 18 companies that expressed interest were either Chinese companies s or in partnership with them. China State Construction Engineering Corp. won the contract in May. The 109
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Africa seems to have finally made the move, albeit belatedly, to join the growing global concern to save the environment from the pernicious and yet pervasive grip of plastic pollution. At the 2018 World Environmental Day,Nigeria Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, pledged the country’s commitment to the cause by enunciating government policy on
Read MoreUN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged countries to invest in family-friendly policies that support early childhood development. Mohamed Fall, UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, made the call in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. He emphasised that such investment should include paid paternity and maternity leave, free pre-primary education and paid breastfeeding breaks. He
Read MoreSurprising as this may sound, malnutrition and obesity are co-existing in the same households, says a global study on Africa's feeding habits. The study titled, Nourished: How Africa can build a future free from hunger and malnutrition, says that it is not uncommon to find undernutrition and obesity existing within a
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has suggested that it is time to process cocoa and produce chocolate in Africa, and to end the continent from being at the bottom of global value chains. AfDB said there is large opportunity for Africa, the largest producer of cocoa in the world, to rake
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Participants at the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)Forum in Abidjan said that Africa’s industrialisation would be achieved with proper entrepreneurship drive. Some of the Participants who spoke to the news agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Tues said that proper entrepreneurship model ought to be adopted in the region. Ms theresa Diarra, executive Assistant GCCI,
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