The number of premature baby deaths is still too high. What can be done about it: A mother holds the foot of her premature baby. Prematurity is the most common cause of neonatal death globally. UNICEF Ethiopia/2012/PudlowskiIn 2015 just under 6 million children under the age of five died across the globe. Of these, about 2.6 million died within the first month of being born. … [Read more...] about The number of premature baby deaths is still too high. What can be done about it | The Conversation
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Why South Africa is failing mental health patients and what can be done about it | The Conversation
Why South Africa is failing mental health patients and what can be done about it: ShutterstockHealth authorities in South Africa’s wealthiest province, Gauteng, have launched an investigation into the deaths of 37 people with chronic mental illness who died over a four-month period. The patients were part of a group of 1300 relocated from a mental … [Read more...] about Why South Africa is failing mental health patients and what can be done about it | The Conversation
Climate change health risks will hit the poor hardest – so what can be done? | The Conversation
Climate change health risks will hit the poor hardest – so what can be done?: The livelihood of this fishing community in Nigeria is being threatened as a result of climate change. Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye Discussions about climate change and the effects it will have on public health and the global burden of disease have been long in the making. These consequences are now … [Read more...] about Climate change health risks will hit the poor hardest – so what can be done? | The Conversation
Studying Africa by numbers can be misleading. What can be done about it? | The Conversation
Studying Africa by numbers can be misleading. What can be done about it?: ShutterstockIn November 2010, Ghana Statistical Services announced new and revised gross domestic product (GDP) estimates. As a result, the estimated size of the economy was adjusted upward by more than 60%, suggesting that in previous GDP estimates economic activities worth … [Read more...] about Studying Africa by numbers can be misleading. What can be done about it? | The Conversation
Done sensibly, agricultural development can reduce poverty in Africa | The Conversation
Ethiopia has seen massive improvements in areas like infrastructure following success in agriculture. ShutterstockThe recovery and acceleration of economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa since about 1995 has been widely recognised. But less is known about the extent to which this growth has led to improvements in welfare and poverty reduction in particular. In our recently … [Read more...] about Done sensibly, agricultural development can reduce poverty in Africa | The Conversation
