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How to put women at the centre of Africa’s food systems

by lisadtinsley August 23, 2021

Written by Elizabeth Mkandawire and Melody Mentz-Coetzee  The number of hungry people in the world grew by a staggering 161 million people in 2020 to 811 million. More than one third …

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Will recent political instability affect Haiti’s earthquake response? We ask an expert

by lisadtinsley August 21, 2021

Written by Louise K. Comfort – Professor of Public and International Affairs, former Director of the Center for Disaster Management, University of Pittsburgh Parts of Haiti were reduced to rubble …

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August 21, 2021 0 comments 976 views
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‘I Don’t Want to Risk My Life for a Paycheck’: Immunosuppressed People Grapple With Returning to Work

by lisadtinsley August 21, 2021

By Victoria Knight Elizabeth Groenweghe got a kidney transplant 14 years ago. She now takes several medications to prevent her body from rejecting her transplant organ. But these medications also …

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The Newest Disease Detection Tool for Covid and Beyond: Poop

by lisadtinsley August 20, 2021

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester Since reopening campus at the University of California-San Diego last summer, university officials have relied on the tried-and-true public health strategies of testing and contact tracing. But …

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Tracing the history of farming across Africa gives clues to low production outputs

by lisadtinsley August 17, 2021

Henning Bjornlund – Professor, Business School, University of South Australia; André F. van Rooyen – Principal Scientist, Innovation Systems for the Drylands., CGIAR System Organization; Vibeke Bjornlund – Researcher,School of …

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How COVID-19 lockdowns and car-free days affected air pollution in Rwanda’s capital

by lisadtinsley August 15, 2021

Egide Kalisa – Postdoc, University of Toronto and Andrew Sudmant – PhD candidate and research Fellow in the Economics of Climate Smart Cities research programme, University of Leeds Rising levels …

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How Aretha Franklin asserted control over her career, paving the way for female musicians

by lisadtinsley August 14, 2021

Adam Gustafson Assistant Teaching Professor of Music, Penn State “I need a change,” Aretha Franklin says at one point in “Respect,” the new film starring Jennifer Hudson as the Queen …

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Four Haitian novels that beautifully blend history, memory and reality

by lisadtinsley August 14, 2021

Marlene Daut – Professor of African Diaspora Studies, University of Virginia Following the July 7, 2021 assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse and after one Haitian official requested that the …

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The maximum human life span will likely increase this century, but not by more than a decade

by lisadtinsley August 10, 2021

When Jeanne Calment of France died in 1997 at the age of 122 years and 164 days, she set a record for oldest human. That record still stands.  As statisticians who study demography, we …

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Black AIDS Institute Re-Launches Black Leadership Program To Strengthen The HIV Workforce, End The Epidemic

by lisadtinsley July 22, 2021

Black AIDS Institute (BAI), the nation’s only Black-led organization focused on ending HIV in Black communities, has re-launched its renowned “African American HIV University” (AAHU) program. Aligned with BAI’s “We The …

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