Johnny Sexton’s brother Jerry races back home from South Africa as country in lockdown over coronavirus – Port Elizabeth in the News: Johnny Sexton’s brother Jerry races back home from South Africa as country in lockdown over coronavirus: LAST SUNDAY, Jerry Sexton, his wife Diana and baby Lily raced to Port Elizabeth airport. South African president Cyril Ramaphosa had just … [Read more...] about Johnny Sexton’s brother Jerry races back home from South Africa as country in lockdown over coronavirus – Port Elizabeth in the News |MyPE
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Pandemics act on social fault lines: lessons for COVID-19 from HIV and AIDS | The Conversation
Pandemics act on social fault lines: lessons for COVID-19 from HIV and AIDS: HIV activists in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa in 2004. Solidarity and organisation were key in fighting HIV stigma. Gideon Mendel/Corbis via Getty ImagesRalph Kretzen, who died on 26 August 1982, and Pieter Daniël (Charles) Steyn, who died on 1 January 1983, were the first two people officially … [Read more...] about Pandemics act on social fault lines: lessons for COVID-19 from HIV and AIDS | The Conversation
How the COVID-19 pandemic will affect informal workers. Insights from Kenya | The Conversation
How the COVID-19 pandemic will affect informal workers. Insights from Kenya: Vendors in a market Billy Miaron/ShutterstockCOVID-19 is going to have a devastating impact on economies. Africa has a particular vulnerability because so many people work in the informal sector. In an interview with Moina Spooner from The Conversation Africa, Njeri Kinyanjui explains how this could … [Read more...] about How the COVID-19 pandemic will affect informal workers. Insights from Kenya | The Conversation
Lessons from Africa on how to build resilient bee colonies | The Conversation
Lessons from Africa on how to build resilient bee colonies: Agave honey bee log hive honey comb harvest. Neil Rusch/no reuse without permissionHoneybees are under threat globally. These important pollinators are affected by issues of nutrition, habitat loss, pesticides, a changing climate, pathogens and an economic system that lacks ecological accountability. Honeybee (Apis … [Read more...] about Lessons from Africa on how to build resilient bee colonies | The Conversation
Newborns in developing countries need better protection from common bacteria | The Conversation
Newborns in developing countries need better protection from common bacteria: ShutterstockAlmost half of all deaths in children under five-years-of-age happen in the first month of life. One of the leading causes of these deaths is from a bacterial organism called Streptococcus agalactiae, also known as Group B strep. Sub-Saharan Africa has the … [Read more...] about Newborns in developing countries need better protection from common bacteria | The Conversation
