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
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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
Global and historical lessons on how land reforms have unfolded | The Conversation
Global and historical lessons on how land reforms have unfolded: Large estates in Vietnam were collectivised. ShutterstockWhat can South Africa learn about land reforms from wider global and historical experiences in the 20th century? Most land reforms have involved transferring rights of ownership from wealthy landlords to poor, small-scale farmers working the land under … [Read more...] about Global and historical lessons on how land reforms have unfolded | The Conversation
Valuable lessons from Nigeria’s marathon effort to eradicate polio | The Conversation
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
Parenting in Ethiopia: lessons on raising children under tough conditions | The Conversation
Parenting in Ethiopia: lessons on raising children under tough conditions: In Ethiopia, rainfall is highly correlated with income and poorer parent’s ability to invest. ShutterstockInvestments made in early childhood last a lifetime, and the earlier in life, the greater the return, according to James Heckman who was awarded a Nobel Prize for economics. Conversely, shocks to … [Read more...] about Parenting in Ethiopia: lessons on raising children under tough conditions | The Conversation
