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Despite significant progress in prevention and therapy, millions of people still get infected with HIV/AIDS every year. The main burden of HIV/AIDS falls on Africa. To contain the epidemic, innovative methods are needed…

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The COVID-19 pandemic threatens hard-won gains in health and education over the past decade, especially in the poorest countries, a new World Bank Group analysis finds. Investments in human capital – the knowledge,…

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The prompt arrival of blood and medical supplies can mean the difference between life and death. In regions with difficult

access, drones can rapidly cover distances that normally take hours or days. An example from…

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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take lives and disrupt economies across the world, this report urges actions by governments and sets out ten recommendations to prevent future pandemics.

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In Africa, the tsetse fly, carrier of sleeping sickness, has so far been attacked with insecticides or caught in traps, Bioscientists at Frankfurt University have developed a process using a biotechnological technique to…

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Swift solutions with a sustainable impact – this maxim applies more than ever in combating the coronavirus pandemic. In order to check the spread of the virus, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit…

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COVID-19 continues to spread in Africa since the virus was first detected on the continent in mid-February 2020, WHO warns. Just ten countries currently account for nearly 80 per cent of all the cases.

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Poor sanitary conditions pose a health risk. But even today, one third of the world's population has no adequate access to clean water. To help people living in poverty protect themselves during the current Covid-19…

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The WHO urges caution as countries in Africa ease lockdowns and emphasises that countries should follow a step by step approach. As more countries begin to ease confinement measures, it is vital that effective testing…

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A fungus that lives in malaria-carrying mosquitoes could boost global efforts to control the disease, which kills about half a million people– mostly children under five– every year.

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