Thursday, February 6, 2020
BLOG: The United States is the only industrialized nation with a maternal mortality rate that is on the rise, increasing 26 percent between 2000 and 2014. Also concerning are the stark racial disparities in maternal mortality: Black women are three to...
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
The 2018 Ghana National Household Registry (GNHR) Report has revealed that, 156,452 households out of 184,125 in the Upper East Region do not benefit from government’s social protection programmes. The programmes include; LEAP, Free school uniforms...
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
BLOG: El Programa Conjunto de la ONU sobre el VIH/SIDA (ONUSIDA) denunció este lunes que unos 100 millones de personas han caído en la pobreza extrema debido al pago de asistencia sanitaria y que más de 930 millones – alrededor del 12% de la población...
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Africa, South Africa, Asia, Thailand
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Wednesday, January 15, 2020
BLOG: On January 8, the Africa Growth Initiative at Brookings released its annual Foresight Africa publication. This year’s special edition focuses on six key priorities for the next decade. The first chapter, Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals...
Monday, January 13, 2020
Micronutrients have a profound impact on health as they are essential for a high quality diet. Since nutrition is determined by the socioeconomic status of an individual, it is considered to be a multi-sectoral issue requiring coordinated effort by all...
Monday, January 13, 2020
In a bid to improve the welfare of the poor and most vulnerable, the government has reinforced the National Social Protection Council (NSPC) with the creation of a Social Assistance Sub-Committee (SASC). As per Sub-Decree No 244 – signed on December 31,...
Sunday, January 12, 2020
Under the Trump administration, protections for migrant and asylum-seeking families have been systematically eroded. The administration's 2018 "zero tolerance" policy, in which thousands of children were separated from their parents at the U.S.-...
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
BLOG: On a recent visit to India, I noticed a few kids frolicking on the streets of New Delhi. Kumari (name changed), who was playing with her younger brothers, looked like any other six-year-old—except she was 11. A stunted child, not tall enough for...
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Africa, Senegal, America, Peru, Asia, India, Pakistan
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Monday, December 30, 2019
OPINION: Widespread under-nutrition, especially iron deficiency, determines a range of negative consequences impacting the welfare of individuals and families as well as the economic and social development of the nation. This economic, social...
Monday, December 30, 2019
Universal Healthcare will be launched early 2020, incorporating lessons from four pilot projects.President Uhuru Kenyatta launched the Universal Health Coverage pilot in Kisumu on December 13, last year, after year-long preparations, making Kenya the...
