In many African countries data collection has become much better and more thorough. This is particularly true in the health sector where assessments on the incidence, distribution and control of diseases are being done much more than before. But the good news ends there. Damazo Kadengye explains why the use of routinely collected data in most African countries has been far from optimal. Fixing this is critical to improving the
effectiveness and sustainability of health systems.
An estimated 83 million people across the world escaped extreme poverty in recent years. But in Africa – home to most of the world’s poorest countries – millions of people continue to live in desperate poverty. Niaz Asadullah and Antonio Savoia explain what African governments need to do to change this.
A survey conducted by a conservation group and Botswana’s Department of Wildlife and National Parks suggests that there’s a serious poaching problem in the northern part of the country. Ross Harvey writes that the government needs to address the problem urgently or it could end up like Tanzania which lost more than half of its elephants in half a decade.
In this week’s episode of Pasha we speak to Oyewale Tomori who gave us some fresh insights into Lassa fever in Nigeria and why the country is really struggling to manage the disease.
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An aid worker collects health and nutrition data in northeastern Kenya.
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Damazo T. Kadengye, African Population and Health Research Center
Data is essential for proper planning, budgeting and implementation of health care policies.
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Mali one of the world’s poorest countries would take about 31 years to eradicate poverty.
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M Niaz Asadullah, University of Malaya; Antonio Savoia, University of Manchester
Countries with effective governments have reduced income poverty by almost twice the speed.
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Botswana has about 122,000 elephants left.
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Ross Harvey, South African Institute of International Affairs
There is a significant elephant-poaching problem in northern Botswana that has likely been going on for over a year.
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Business + Economy
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Andrew Lawrence, University of the Witwatersrand
Guaranteeing unemployed South Africans a job at the minimum wage would have a range of positive outcomes for the economy.
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Suzette Viviers, Stellenbosch University; Stephen McCallum, Stellenbosch University
There's a lot of evidence to suggest South Africa should grow its impact investment market.
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Podcast
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Ozayr Patel, The Conversation
Nigeria has a massive battle tackling Lassa fever.
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Ozayr Patel, The Conversation
Once crops have been harvested, farmers experience wastage and loss of food all over Africa.
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From our international editions
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Michael Douglas, University of Western Australia; Jason Bosland, University of Melbourne
The public ought to be provided with a set of written reasons explaining why the court decided the suppression order was justified in the Pell trials.
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Louis Brennan, Trinity College Dublin; Paul Lyons, Trinity College Dublin
With 15 nominations and three Oscars, Netflix is besting the big film industry players at their own party.
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Ben Zissimos, University of Exeter
Food and medical aid at Venezuela's borders could spark a revolution.
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Joseph J. Gonzalez, Appalachian State University
The Trump administration says President Maduro's 'days are numbered' after Venezuelan security forces killed four protesters. But any US-led operation to oust him is likely to be extremely unpopular.
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En français
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Paul Duprex, University of Pittsburgh
La rougeole fait son retour dans les pays où elle avait disparu. Fin janvier, un comté de Washington où seuls 22 % des enfants sont vaccinés déclarait l’état d’urgence. Comment en est-on arrivé là ?
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Guillaume Levrier, Sciences Po – USPC
Les jumelles chinoises génétiquement modifiées auront-elles une intelligence supérieure ? C’est ce que disent les rumeurs sur les réseaux sociaux. Le point sur ce que l’on sait.
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