Valuable lessons from Nigeria’s marathon effort to eradicate polio: Innovative efforts have been put in place to reach populations in partially and totally inaccessible parts of Borno state. Wikimedia CommonsThe theme for World Health Day in 1995 was “Target 2000 — A World Without Polio”. I delivered a lecture titled “Polio Eradication Race: Will Nigeria Finish Last?” to mark … [Read more...] about Valuable lessons from Nigeria’s marathon effort to eradicate polio | The Conversation
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Rugby World Cup: will body mass play a role in taking the victors over the line? | The Conversation
Rugby World Cup: will body mass play a role in taking the victors over the line?: EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHER JUERugby is a physically intense contact sport which requires player to gain field territory to score points. Players can use physical contact, in the form of tackles, to impede the progression of the ball carrier from the opposing team. Due to the … [Read more...] about Rugby World Cup: will body mass play a role in taking the victors over the line? | The Conversation
Black Consciousness in South Africa demands a much wider historical lens | The Conversation
Black Consciousness in South Africa demands a much wider historical lens: Steve Biko is widely considered to be the father of Black Consciousness in South Africa. EFE-EPA/SowetanThis year marks the 42nd anniversary of Black Wednesday, when the apartheid regime banned 18 civic organisations in a targeted attack on media freedom and civil society. Many of these organisations … [Read more...] about Black Consciousness in South Africa demands a much wider historical lens | The Conversation
We must go beyond singular responses in the fight against child poverty | The Conversation
We must go beyond singular responses in the fight against child poverty: One in five children in sub-Saharan Africa live in poverty. ShutterstockTwo-thirds of children in sub-Saharan Africa face all manners of hardship. These include poor living conditions, low educational outcomes, high levels of malnutrition and often high risks of exposure to different forms of violence. One … [Read more...] about We must go beyond singular responses in the fight against child poverty | The Conversation
Liberalism in South Africa isn’t only for white people — or black people who want to be white | The Conversation
Liberalism in South Africa isn't only for white people -- or black people who want to be white: Supporters of the Democratic Alliance in South Africa gather earlier this year to listen to the party's leaders. Epa/Kim LudbrookLiberalism is meant to be about freedom for all individuals, regardless of race. But linking liberalism to whiteness as is happening now is not new in … [Read more...] about Liberalism in South Africa isn’t only for white people — or black people who want to be white | The Conversation
