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Cooking with such equipment has been found to contribute to 800,000 premature deaths per year, mostly due to household air ...
Sub-Saharan Africa is undergoing a sweeping digital transformation, and at its core sits the mobile phone. Far beyond the basic communication function, mobile technology is becoming the backbone of ...
An international team of researchers has made a key discovery: many children and young adults in Sub-Saharan Africa diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D) may have a different form of the disease—one ...
We were never voiceless. You just refused to listen.” This silent refrain echoes from Accra to Jakarta, from the favelas of Rio to the corridors of Delhi. The world’s power architecture, once held ...
Sub-Saharan Africa saved money using mobile accounts in 2024, well above the 9% average in low- and middle-income countries. Mobile money accounts now fuel nearly 60% of formal borrowing in the region ...
Dutch investigative journalist Olivier van Beemen published In the Name of Nature: An Investigation into the Neocolonial ...
It’s now clear from the new 30% general tariff on South Africa to take effect August 1, plus the 50% special world-wide ...
Hippos are dangerous — highly territorial and fiercely protective of their young. They are capable of capsizing boats and ...
Background The burden of cardiovascular events in Africa is projected to rise significantly in the coming decade, placing ...
Childhood mortality remains a major public health challenge in low-income and middle-income countries, particularly in ...
Conflicts over land and territory will likely proliferate as the accelerating climate crisis collides with rising ...
Map 23.1 Most commonly diagnosed cancer types by sex in sub-Saharan Africa, 2022 Males Females Cancer Type There are however marked geographic variations in the risk of other important cancers (e.g., ...