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Des équipents de protection contre le COVID-19 inadaptés aux femmes

Medical PPE ‘unfit’ for women on COVID-19 frontlines–REPORT

SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud17/01/2022Leave a comment

Designed to fortify all gender of health workers, personal protective equipment, PPE, have often failed to protect women, who are leading the frontlines in the COVID fight, reports Laura Owings.

Fumigation of communal areas is one of the ways to control the malaria. Scientists now hope that adoption of gene drive technology could reduce malaria mosquito populations. Photo: CESVI / Yofre Morales Tapia, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Scientists eye gene technology to combat malaria

SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud10/01/2022Leave a comment

While seeking new innovations to fight malaria, scientists hope that the adoption of gene drive technology will reduce mosquito populations in Sub-Saharan Africa.

A teacher asks students questions in class. Copyright: Dominic Chavez/World Bank, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

How partnership ‘crisis’ among nations may hamper SDGs

SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud03/01/2022Leave a comment

Even partnerships among organisations implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is central to bridging the existing inequality between high and low-income countries, writes Eldon Opiyo.

African scientists decry COVID-19-induced travel restrictions targeting only countries in Africa. Copyright: Molefi Moleli/GovernmentZA, CC BY-ND 2.0

Omicron-induced travel ban unscientific, aggravates poverty

SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud27/12/2021Leave a comment

Aside been unscientific, the COVID-19-induced travel ban aimed at limiting the spread of the Omicron variant could aggravate poverty in African countries, scientists have argued.

One out of every three women affected by malnutrition Credit: Tania Dimas / Pixabay

‘Over 40 percent of all adults now overweight’

SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud20/12/2021Leave a comment

plus With COVID-19 stalling the fight against obesity, over 40% of world adults are now obese, says the 2021 Global Nutrition Report (GNR).

Alcohol and tobacco consumption are contributing to the rising number of people with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) across the world. Copyright: Image by Annca from Pixabay

Globally, big businesses, poverty hindering health policies

SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud13/12/2021Leave a comment

The implementation of public health policies on tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy foods is been hampered by the influence of large business firms, and poverty, among other factors.

‘With mentors, many girls will pursue careers in science’

Enhancing inclusive participation in science, SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud06/12/2021Leave a comment

In an interview with SciDev.Net, Priver Namanya Bwesigye, head of Uganda’s banana research programme, said girls need mentors who will support them to pursue science careers.

A biospecimen at a biobank. A UN science summit heard that biobanks could speed up research on health and diseases. (CC0).

Biobanking as key to achieving universal health

SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud29/11/2021Leave a comment

At a ‘UN Science Summit’, delegates argued that increasing the availability of high-quality biological samples through biobanks will advance global health research, and help achieve universal health coverage.

Fuli Khatun, a flood victim whose home was submerged in the 2019 floods in Bangladesh. Researchers say climate hazards such as floods and drought are to increase by 2030. Copyright: UN Women Asia and the Pacific. (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

By 2030, drought, other climate hazards will worsen food insecurity

SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud22/11/20212 Comments

The entire world risks facing food insecurity, human displacement, and conflicts by 2030 as extreme weather events persistently increase, reports Ruth Douglas.

Female journalists. Copyright: TIM DENNELL

As COVID-19 festers, science journalists now work under pressure

SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud15/11/2021Leave a comment

The Global Science Journalism Report 2021, published by SciDev.Net, found that work has become “more intense” for science journalists around the world, amid a ravaging Coronavirus.

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