How the DRC's Ebola crisis has led to children dying from measles: A health worker administers the Ebola vaccine. EPA-EFEForty-five years ago, the World Health Organisation launched the Expanded Programme on Immunisation. It covered six diseases – measles, tuberculosis, polio, diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus. Since then, anti-measles vaccines have been distributed to millions … [Read more...] about How the DRC’s Ebola crisis has led to children dying from measles | The Conversation
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Marxist scholar Harold Wolpe’s ideas still speak to South Africa’s problems | The Conversation
Marxist scholar Harold Wolpe's ideas still speak to South Africa's problems: Harold Wolpe showed how poor rural areas subsidised low wages of migrant workers' wages. ShutterstockDuring the apartheid period in South Africa – 1948 to 1994 – a lively intellectual culture of opposition emerged on some of the country’s university campuses and within the broader anti-apartheid … [Read more...] about Marxist scholar Harold Wolpe’s ideas still speak to South Africa’s problems | The Conversation
Amid mounting abuse claims, Jammeh is unlikely to face justice soon. Here’s why | The Conversation
Amid mounting abuse claims, Jammeh is unlikely to face justice soon. Here's why: Then President of The Gambia Yahya Jammeh and First Lady Zeinab arrive at the White House in Washington DC for the US Africa Leaders Summit in 2014. EPA/Michael ReynoldsTwo weeks ago, new allegations were added to a litany of human rights abuses that have been levied against the former president … [Read more...] about Amid mounting abuse claims, Jammeh is unlikely to face justice soon. Here’s why | The Conversation
Sharing data can help prevent public health emergencies in Africa | The Conversation
Sharing data can help prevent public health emergencies in Africa: Countries can be better prepared and respond faster to disease outbreaks if public health data is shared more freely. ShutterstockGlobal collaboration and sharing data on public health emergencies is important to fight the spread of infectious diseases. If scientists and health workers can openly share their … [Read more...] about Sharing data can help prevent public health emergencies in Africa | The Conversation
Donor-funded journalism is on the rise in Africa: why it needs closer scrutiny | The Conversation
Donor-funded journalism is on the rise in Africa: why it needs closer scrutiny: Some African journalists are concerned that foreign funders may influence what they cover and how. EPA-EFE/Jayden JoshuaAn enormous and increasing portion of the foreign development aid coming into Africa annually is for media development. Foreign aid funds diverse projects, ranging from … [Read more...] about Donor-funded journalism is on the rise in Africa: why it needs closer scrutiny | The Conversation
