Science missing in poor countries’ education data
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.
$140bn needed to tackle lifestyle diseases by 2030
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.
Food security: AfricaBP to sequence 100,000 species
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.
How economic crisis crippled health services in Sri Lanka
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.
Women sidelined in agri-tech revolution, experts say
The exclusion of women in the digital world is hurting agricultural productivity in low- and middle- income countries, according to global technology experts.
To tackle climate change, food systems must be fixed
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.
Awaiting a ‘treaty on plastics pollution’
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.
Drugs polluting rivers, worsening antimicrobial resistance
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.
In developing countries, 90% of citizens lack internet connectivity
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.
‘Things that hinder women’s potential’
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.
