How Africa's science academies can help drive sustainable development: Scientists and medical practitioners can help turn goals into reality, such as through vaccine programmes. Rebecca Hall/CDC/CDC ConnectsMany African countries have a long way to go to meet the sustainable development goals. These goals, set by the United Nations, call for all countries to develop their … [Read more...] about How Africa’s science academies can help drive sustainable development | The Conversation
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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
2019 Help Thy Neighbour Drive
2019 Help Thy Neighbour Drive: Help Thy Neighbour Drive “Freedom is meaningless if people cannot put FOOD in their stomachs” – Nelson Mandela This Mandela Day, the #HelpThyNeighbour team is back to make a difference in the south of Johannesburg. The #HelpThyNeighbour team that includes Howden Africa, Mall of the South, Pam Golding Properties Alberton and Johannesburg South and … [Read more...] about 2019 Help Thy Neighbour Drive
Knowing what leads to building collapses can help make African cities safer | The Conversation
Knowing what leads to building collapses can help make African cities safer: People gather to look at the debris from a building that collapsed in Nairobi, Kenya in June 2017. EPA/DAI KUROKAWAIt’s a sadly familiar image in several developing countries’ media reports: people frantically searching the rubble of a collapsed building for survivors. The data is disparate and … [Read more...] about Knowing what leads to building collapses can help make African cities safer | The Conversation
City of Joburg steps in to help alleviate student accommodation crisis
City of Joburg steps in to help alleviate student accommodation crisis: Johannesburg in the news: City of Joburg steps in to help alleviate student accommodation crisis: Second-year public relations student at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), Tshegofatso Maake, walks about 2km daily from Brixton to UJ's Auckland … – Google Alert – Johannesburg … [Read more...] about City of Joburg steps in to help alleviate student accommodation crisis
