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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.

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.

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