News incl. lifesciences, animals, wildlife & nature
from or mentioning Africa
The articles listed below include news from, about or mentioning places located in the continent of Africa. This is page 8 of 9.
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Floods in West Africa raise major health risks
The destruction of agricultural lands and loss of crops aggravates the food security crisis in the region. Several West African countries are among the 21 worldwide identified by WHO as being most ...
Zambia: Early childhood development in focus
This symposium is vitally important as the more than 100 Zambian and international experts will examine ECD best practices that can be implemented not only in Zambia, but globally, according to UNI...
UNITAID, UNICEF and WHO announce massive scale-up in fight against HIV in mothers and children
As the world's leaders and AIDS community gather in Mexico for the biennial global conference on HIV and AIDS, UNITAID, UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) today announced an infusion of...
2.5 billion live with poor sanitation facilities
Worldwide, the number of people who lack access to an improved drinking water source (protected from faecal and chemical contamination) has fallen below one billion for the first time since data we...
Japan allocates US$5 million to WFP and UNICEF in Zambia
Japan has generously allocated 5 million USD to the Republic of Zambia through UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP). The fund is to assist with various programmes including responding to wides...
Food worldwide is still far too salty - Report from Warwick University
The world’s food is still far too salty and too many countries are still ignoring the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) guidelines on what should be a healthy level of salt in our daily diet commen...
WHO Report: Faith-based organizations play a major role in HIV/AIDS care
According to the report, FBOs play much a greater role in HIV/AIDS care and treatment in sub-Saharan Africa than previously recognized. The report concludes that greater coordination and better com...
UN Agencies & Belgian Gov bolster food security in Northern Uganda
UNICEF, the World Food Programme (WFP) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Uganda have formalised their partnership to strengthen the ongoing response to meet the household food security...
Netherlands gives UNICEF largest single donation ever
The Dutch government has pledged USD201M to UNICEF to expand ongoing efforts to ensure that children in conflict, natural disasters and emerging from crisis can go to school. This is the single lar...
Horn of Africa countries jointly bolster drive to eradicate polio
The Horn of Africa Technical Advisory Group, which convened in Ethiopia in August 2006, stressed that the polio eradication drive is now at a critical stage, where most countries are working togeth...
500,000 Liberian children targeted in vitamin A and deworming campaign
The Government of Liberia and UNICEF have launched campaign to administer Vitamin A supplementation and deworming tablets to more than 500,000 children. 519,000 children aged six to 59 months shoul...
