Taking Family Planning to the Next Level
The London Summit on Family Planning last week marked a real victory for women with donors making significant financial commitments to expanding family planning to some of the most impoverished women and girls in the world.
Combined malaria drugs could cut child deaths
[NAIROBI] Administering a combination of cheap anti-malarial drugs to young children during Africa's rainy seasons could protect them against malaria and avert tens of thousands of deaths every year, a new study claims.
South Sudan runner bids for independent Olympic place
A refugee from the world's newest country won't be able to run under a South Sudanese flag - nor will he run for Sudan
Rural dwellers must adapt to climate change, says workshop
[ABIDJAN] Researchers in C?te d'Ivoire have called for villagers across the region to be made aware of the negative effects of climate change and encouraged to pursue adaptation measures
Millions in West Africa now living through permanent food crises, aid agency says
A lack of ability to access, grow and store food year after year means millions of children in West Africa now live in a state of permanent food crisis, a new report published today finds. ?