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Students from the Islamic University in Uganda's female campus studying the human body. A recent report into gender parity in education indicates lack of data on science education from low-income countries. Copyright: Courtesy of Islamic University in Uganda.

Science missing in poor countries’ education data

General news, SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud13/06/2022Leave a comment

There is a complete lack of data on science education from low-income countries, a report by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation, UNESCO, says.

La mesure de la pression artérielle est l'un des moyens de dépister les maladies cardiaques. Copyright : Mike Cerrillo, (CC BY-SA 2.0)

$140bn needed to tackle lifestyle diseases by 2030

General news, SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud06/06/2022Leave a comment

Achieving the UN goals on diseases such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes will need an average investment of US$18 million a year, targeting policies to cut smoking, alcohol abuse, and unhealthy diets.

Selecting best potato seeds. Copyright: N.Ronoh/CIP, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Food security: AfricaBP to sequence 100,000 species

General news, SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud30/05/2022Leave a comment

To produce sustainable food systems, a group of experts who recently launched the African BioGenome Project (AfricaBP), plan to collect over 100,000 plants and animals’ species for breeders’ use.

Une pharmacie dans un camp médical au Sri Lanka. Les médecins du pays lancent maintenant un appel aux dons pour soutenir le système de santé, qui a été fortement touché par la crise économique actuelle. Copyright : Direct Relief (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). Cette image a été recadrée.

How economic crisis crippled health services in Sri Lanka

General news, SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud22/05/2022Leave a comment

Acute economic crisis is taking a heavy toll on Sri Lanka’s health care system. Having run out of funds to buy basic medicines, what the Asian nation now needs are donations to resuscitate its healthcare system. 

A woman holding a drone at a farm in Uganda. According to technology experts, women in the global South are increasingly being left behind despite an upward trend and growth in digitisation of agriculture. Copyright: CTA ACP-EU (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Women sidelined in agri-tech revolution, experts say

General news, SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud16/05/2022Leave a comment

The exclusion of women in the digital world is hurting agricultural productivity in low- and middle- income countries, according to global technology experts.

Mother with baby picks leafy vegetables in the rural Efate island in Vanuatu. Many countries are failing to incorporate gender in climate plans, despite the key role played by women in food systems, new analysis shows. Copyright: Sarah Doyl/Bioversity International, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

To tackle climate change, food systems must be fixed

General news, SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud29/04/2022Leave a comment

There is need for countries to integrate food systems into their climate plans. But Haseeb Bakhtary writes that measures on changing diets, food-linked deforestation, and food waste are lacking in most climate plans. 

Plastic bottles on a beach. Copyright: Bo Eide, CC BY-NC 2.0

Awaiting a ‘treaty on plastics pollution’

General news, SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud23/04/2022Leave a comment

A global treaty on plastic wastes is on the way after the representatives of about 175 UN nations recently endorsed a resolution to end plastic pollution.

The Río de la Plata and the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. A report has warned of the contamination of the world's rivers by active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), especially in developing countries. Copyright: Dan DeLuca/Flickr, (CC BY 2.0).

Drugs polluting rivers, worsening antimicrobial resistance

General news, SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud18/04/2022Leave a comment

Aside polluting world rivers, a study has discovered that pharmaceutical pollution could contribute to antimicrobial resistance. Hence, affecting human health, while threatening the United Nations’ goals on water quality.

Clients at an internet café at the Jesuit Refugee Service’s community centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A decent internet connection is out of reach for 90 per cent of people in low- and middle-income countries, a report has warned. Copyright: ODI/Gabriel Pecot. (CC BY-NC 2.0).

In developing countries, 90% of citizens lack internet connectivity

General news, SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud11/04/2022Leave a comment

According to a report, decent internet connection is out of reach for 90 per cent of people in low- and middle-income countries, while women’s web exclusion cost poorest countries US$1 trillion in GDP.

Linguist Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, first female vice-chancellor of The University of Ghana. Photo Credit: University of Ghana.

‘Things that hinder women’s potential’

General news, SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud04/04/2022Leave a comment

Unlike their opposite gender, Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, first female vice-chancellor at the University of Ghana, said that women need support to overcome systemic barriers limiting their career potentials.

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