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Facts & Figures: Disabilities in developing countries - SciDev.Net
Nov 30, 2019 · An estimated 1 billion people – 15 per cent of the world’s population – live with a disability, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), and 80 per cent of these are in developing countries.
Africa's hydropower future - SciDev.Net
Does hydropower hold the key to ending African energy poverty? Discover the data behind the dams in this immersive feature.
Philippine struggle to make the grade in STEM education
Dec 5, 2022 · Asia Pacific countries need to work harder to make STEM education attractive, say experts. [MANILA] The Philippines, despite numerous attempts to improve its educational outcomes, has instead become an educational laggard, taking the ignominious distinction of getting low rankings in three different global evaluations that scored students’ performance in science, technology, engineering and ...
Mpox: still no jabs for ‘most at risk’ children in DRC
Dec 4, 2024 · [BUKAVU, DRC/LONDON] Children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are still awaiting vaccines to protect them from mpox, even as case numbers among this demographic soar, health organisations say, urging the delivery of an approved vaccine to be expedited. Mpox is just one of numerous challenges facing the DRC, where 5.6 million people have been internally displaced as a result of ...
Science and human rights: a valuable perspective - SciDev.Net
Sep 18, 2012 · Promoting a human rights approach to S&T advances will reinforce moves towards inclusive development. But implementation challenges remain. There was a time when debates on the links between science and human rights focused on the plight of individual scientists, and in particular on their rights — both as humans and as intellectuals — to the freedom of expression.
Plastic bags should be managed, not banned - Asia & Pacific
May 17, 2012 · Cities in a number of Asian countries, including China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan, are currently on the warpath against plastic shopping bags.
Integrating modern and traditional medicine: Facts and figures
May 27, 2010 · Box 1.Artemisinin: traditional medicine's blockbluster drug; Artemisinin, which is extracted from Artemisia annua or Chinese sweet wormwood, is the basis for the most effective malaria drugs the world has ever seen.. Western researchers first became aware of the compound in the 1980s, though it had long been used in China to treat malaria.
John Musenze - Sub-Saharan Africa
John Musenze is a Ugandan multi-media health journalist based in Uganda with over five years of experience. John holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and currently pursuing a diploma in public health. Trained in digital journalism and audio-visual production.
Science communication training programme - SciDev.Net
About the science communication training programme Our training programme introduces your researchers and science communicators to the world of media and teaches them how to build a productive relationship with the media. Your researchers and science communicators will learn how to simplify and communicate their research findings to an …