Lessons from Rwanda on how trust can help repair a broken health system: Niyazz/ShutterstockSeven countries around the world – three of them in Africa – have made faster than expected progress over the past 15 years in reducing deaths among children younger than five. These seven countries, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Nepal, Peru, Rwanda and … [Read more...] about Lessons from Rwanda on how trust can help repair a broken health system | The Conversation
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How to manage in a crisis: lessons from the West Africa Ebola outbreak | The Conversation
How to manage in a crisis: lessons from the West Africa Ebola outbreak: A man walk pass an Ebola awareness painting in downtown Monrovia, Liberia. Ahmed Jallanzo/EPAThe Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is currently grappling with the world’s second largest Ebola outbreak. More than 1,800 people have died and 2,600 infections have been confirmed since the outbreak was … [Read more...] about How to manage in a crisis: lessons from the West Africa Ebola outbreak | The Conversation
Rapping Math Professor Chad Rico Assigns Next Four Lessons with New Single Releases from “12 Weeks of Summer”
Rapping Math Professor Chad Rico Assigns Next Four Lessons with New Single Releases from “12 Weeks of Summer”: Richmond, CA, July 10, 2019 — As a devoted college math professor, recording artist Chad Rico knows that if he doesn’t keep his students engaged, they will miss the lesson he is there to teach them. So Chad has been dropping his special form of musical … [Read more...] about Rapping Math Professor Chad Rico Assigns Next Four Lessons with New Single Releases from “12 Weeks of Summer”
Context matters in fighting Ebola: lessons from West Africa for the DRC | The Conversation
Context matters in fighting Ebola: lessons from West Africa for the DRC: A man pushes a wheelbarrow past a sign in Liberia during the West African Ebola outbreak. AHMED JALLANZO/EPAThere seems to be no end in sight to the Ebola outbreak that has swept through the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since last August. By 19 June, nearly 1500 people had died. Uganda is on high … [Read more...] about Context matters in fighting Ebola: lessons from West Africa for the DRC | The Conversation
Pasha 25: A Brazilian city offers South Africa lessons on ending hunger | The Conversation
Pasha 25: A Brazilian city offers South Africa lessons on ending hunger: shutterstock Many countries in the world face a double burden of hunger and malnutrition, on the one hand, and obesity with associated non-communicable diseases (NCDs), on the other. South Africa is one of them. Poverty, inequality, urbanisation and industrialisation of the food system means that people … [Read more...] about Pasha 25: A Brazilian city offers South Africa lessons on ending hunger | The Conversation
