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World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated globally in the first week of August every year. It's a chance to highlight the importance of breastfeeding for babies' health and development. Kenya is among the countries that's made tremendous progress in promoting exclusive breastfeeding. Elizabeth Kimani-Murage explains how a project that involved regular home visits by community health workers boosted breast feeding.
After many years of deferring to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa, the Supreme Court of Appeal and the Constitutional Court have begun to scrutinise not only the energy regulator's decisions but its methodology as well. Stephen Labson unpacks the significance of the recent Constitutional Court judgment against the energy regulator.
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A mother breastfeeds her baby.
Flickr/Dominic Chavez/World Bank
Elizabeth Kimani-Murage, African Population and Health Research Center
Regular home visits by community health workers helped to increase breastfeeding rates in Kenya.
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Industrial users of gas have brought the energy regulator’s methodology under the scrutiny of the courts.
Stephen Labson, University of Johannesburg
South African courts have been reluctant 'to step into the shoes of the regulator', But the confirmation by the Constitutional Court of the ruling by the Supreme Court of Appeal has changed all that.
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Science + Technology
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Colin A. Chapman, McGill University; Patrick Omeja, Makerere University
Given Africa’s projected population growth, management of its environment must be a global priority
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Ulrike Rivett, University of Cape Town
South Africa's introducing coding as a school subject but until teacher education, IT infrastructure and internet connectivity issues, among others are addressed, the country has a long way to go.
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Health + Medicine
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Stephen Asatsa, Catholic University of Eastern Africa
Untreated trauma is dangerous as it may develop into other mental health complications that lead to drug abuse, depression, anger and hatred.
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Hassan Vally, La Trobe University
When a certain percentage of a population has been vaccinated, it prevents an infectious disease from spreading. But that threshold depends on the disease.
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From our international editions
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Rodney Ramcharan, University of Southern California
The Fed's decision to cut interest rates for the first time since 2008 could lead to economic policies that are even more reckless.
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Bernd Reiter, University of South Florida
Old injustices don't simply disappear with time – they tear a nation apart.
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