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Adapted from IPCC Working Group II, 2022.

In Global South, millions at risk over early warning system

General news, SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud28/03/2022Leave a comment

In a recently-published study, scientists warned that millions of lives are at risk in climate-vulnerable communities, due to lack of early warning systems for extreme weather conditions.

Pakistan's Balochistan Girl Scouts saying: ‘strong hands stop violence against women and girls’. Researchers have said post-COVID-19 plans must tackle violence against women and girls. Copyright: UN Women/Henriette Bjoerge, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

‘Teenage girls among those who risk partner violence most’

General news, SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud21/03/2022Leave a comment

Domestic violence was ‘highly prevalent’ before COVID-19. But those at a greater risk of facing this violent ‘pandemic’, now, are women and teenage girls in lower-income countries, a study has revealed.

The WHO has announced that six African countries are to receive technology to enable them to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines. Copyright: Image by Hakan German from Pixabay

Tech transfer to bolster Africa’s COVID-19 fight

General news, SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud14/03/2022Leave a comment

Egypt and Nigeria, with other 4 other African countries will soon access the messenger RNA (mRNA) technology, along with knowledge needed to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines, courtesy of the World Health Organisation.

A child in Cambodia getting asthma treatment using an inhaler. A study has highlighted rising nitrogen dioxide pollution levels as a leading cause of child asthma in urban areas in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Copyright: PICRYL, Public domain image.

Child asthma cases linked to cities’ dirty air–STUDY

General news, SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud07/03/2022Leave a comment

Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution is the cause of 1.85 million child asthma cases a year, according to a study. The research, however, advised that reducing air pollution should be a crucial part of health strategies for children.

Karura Forest, Nairobi Kenya. Copyright: Ninara, CC BY 2.0

Wanjira Mathai: COP27 will be crucial for Africa

SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud28/02/2022Leave a comment

Wanjira Mathai, daughter of late Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Wangari Maathai; in a recent chat with SciDev.Net, explained why fighting for climate justice has taken a leading role among her many commitments.

Urban farming in Ghana. Copyright: Nana Kofi Acquah, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

‘Urban farms, insects will help fight hunger, malnutrition’

SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud21/02/2022Leave a comment

In an interview with SciDev.Net, Esther Ngumbi, assistant professor of entomology at University of Illinois, United States, explained how insects can be a sustainable source of food and nutrition for urban communities, on the frontlines of climate change.

A patient prepares to take his medication. Copyright: Arne Hoel / World Bank, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Antibiotic-resistant infections killing more than HIV, malaria

SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud14/02/2022Leave a comment

Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections is deadlier than HIV and malaria. A study by The Lancet in 204 countries revealed that antimicrobial resistance led to more than 1.2m deaths in 2019.

A school of Japanese amberjack at the north-east coast of Taiwan. A new report warns that ocean warming and acidification are affecting the behaviour of fish. Copyright: Vincent C. Chen(CC BY SA 4.0). This image has been cropped.

Ocean acidification, global warming affecting supply of seafoods

General news, SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud07/02/2022Leave a comment

Seafood supplies risk been affected if ocean acidification and global warming continue to interfere with the group interaction of fishes. This is according to a study.

Etudes sur la démence publiée le 6 janvier 2022

Dementia, 7th leading cause of global death, to surge by 2050

General news, SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud31/01/2022Leave a comment

Unless urgent steps are taken to mitigate the risk factors, dementia cases will triple within the next three decades, a study published in The Lancet Public Health has revealed.

A nurse checks the temperature of a patient at Redemption Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. Copyright: Dominic Chavez/World Bank, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

COVID healthcare costs push billions into ‘extreme poverty’

SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud24/01/2022Leave a comment

Progress towards Universal Health Coverage was recorded in the last two decades. But ‘throat-slicing’ healthcare costs due to COVID-19 has not only retarded the UHC feat, but aggravated poverty, globally.

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