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Students listen as a teacher gives a lecture in Bangladesh. Resuming face-to-face classes remains a topic for debate across the Asia and Pacific region, which continues to struggle with managing the COVID-19 pandemic. Copyright: Dominic Chavez/World Bank, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). This image has been cropped.

In Asia-Pacific countries, schools closed for COVID, shopping malls opened for business

SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud08/11/2021Leave a comment

Students’ future has been halted as governments of Malaysia, Nepal and seven other Asian-Pacific nations reopen shopping malls and other businesses, but kept schools closed over COVID.

A Brazilian health professional preparing a vaccine. From Egypt to Brazil, countries have started work on their own COVID-19 vaccinations in the face of a so-called 'vaccine apartheid'. Copyright: IMF/ Raphael Alves, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

As COVAX disappoints, countries find succor in home-grown jabs

SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud01/11/2021Leave a comment

This feature article reveals how low- and middle-income countries are turning to home-grown vaccinations against COVID-19 as the UN-backed COVAX facility fails to deliver.

After WHO approval, concern heightens over distribution of 1st malaria vaccine

SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud25/10/2021Leave a comment

The World Health Organization may have recommended a broad deployment of the first-ever malaria vaccine in Sub-Saharan Africa, but scientists say its acquisition and distribution will be an issue.

Pr Awa Marie Coll Seck, Minister of State and former Minister of Health of Senegal

Awa Marie Coll Seck: “It is time to boost research and development in Africa”

SciDev.netBy luc.allemand@afriscitech.com08/10/2021Leave a comment

The Senegalese politician calls on Africa’s governments, private sector and scientists to create endogenous resources and solutions to reduce the continent’s scientific dependence on the West.

For food systems to work well in Africa, the entire food system from production, processing to marketing must be effective — but success hinges on smallholder farmers who are at the frontline, says Gilbert Nakweya. Photo: Axel Fassio/CIFOR, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Investing on research, key to saving Africa’s agriculture

SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud01/10/2021Leave a comment

Commitments to invest in research for home-grown innovations that support food systems is imperative writes Gilbert Nakweya.

A woman has her blood pressure checked. Research shows that over half a billion people across the world live with undetected and untreated hypertension. World Granny, (CC BY-NC 2.0)

In poorer nations, blood pressure cases rising ‘undetected’

SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud24/09/2021Leave a comment

Low and middle-income countries carry the burden of more than half a billion people living with undetected and untreated hypertension, worldwide.

Rémi Quirion Photo: Lachule CC BY-SA 4.0

Francophone Scientific Advisory Network will showcase researchers’ feats, tackle pandemics–Quirion

SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud17/09/2021Leave a comment

President, International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA), Rémi Quirion, believes the newly-launched Francophone Scientific Advisory Network will showcase the scientific feats of researchers, and also enable the world prepare for the next pandemic.

Assembly line of an automotive industry. Photo: Jurvetson via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Human rights, environmental protection: NGOs want law enacted for Guinea, Ghana’s automobile industries

SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud10/09/2021Leave a comment

In Guinea and Ghana, non-governmental organizations are pressurizing automotive industry stakeholders to curb social and environmental degradations caused by exploiting bauxite in the two African nations.

An agroforestry field, Kisumu, Kenya Photo: P. Casier (CGIAR) CC BY_NC_SA 2.0

How nature-based innovation is ‘driving food systems into future’

SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud03/09/2021Leave a comment

In this article, Laura Owings reveals how farming innovations rooted in nature and plant science could forge path towards future food systems.

Betty Nabiteeko, 38, teaches mothers with small children about nutrition at her home near Mityebili, Uganda Photo: Stephan Gladieu / World Bank cc By-NC.SA 2.0.

“Hidden hunger” makes malnutrition a three-pronged burden

SciDev.netBy luc.allemand@afriscitech.com27/08/2021Leave a comment

Les aps The battle to wipe out malnutrition requires healthy diets that also tackle micronutrient deficiencies, alongside the growing burdens of undernutrition and obesity.

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