Download logo Jorge Carlos de Almeida Fonseca, President of the Republic of Cabo Verde, today demonstrated his support for the World Health Organization’s (WHO) initiatives to transform health care throughout Africa by officially launching the three-day WHO Africa Health Forum in Praia. He told participants about the significant progress that Cabo Verde has made towards delivering universal health coverage. President Fonseca said: “We are honoured by the fact that our country is the setting for such an important debate with renowned specialists on such an important issue. This is essential for the life and well-being of all people. Crucially, this Forum will have the participation of youth activists who will surely bring their world vision about the way their health issues should be addressed and how they can participate in implementing the decisions that come to be approved.” During his speech, the President took the opportunity to thank the United Nations … [Read more...] about The President of the Republic of Cabo Verde opens second WHO Africa Health Forum
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‘Forced From Home’ exhibit takes you on journey of refugee
In the center of Daley Plaza, middle-school students crowded into a small boat, sitting on the sides or the floor. They passed around a life jacket, which they learned really wasn’t capable of keeping a person afloat in the Mediterranean Sea for an extended period of time yet could cost a refugee hundreds of dollars. “You think about the problems that I complain about, it isn’t anything compared to what people in different countries go through,” said Ivan Caffey, an eighth-grader at Sherman School of Excellence on the South Side. Caffey said he was “inspired” by an exhibit set up in tents in the heart of Chicago by Doctors Without Borders: “Forced From Home,” which runs 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday through this Sunday. The aim is to show what displaced refugees escaping from countries like Afghanistan, Syria or Honduras go through to get away from conflict or persecution. Visitors can take a guided tour lead by experienced aid workers … [Read more...] about ‘Forced From Home’ exhibit takes you on journey of refugee
Member States urged to explore non-traditional sources of financing in Central Africa
Download logo “Financing industrialization is not only about chasing money,” said Antonio Pedro, Director of the ECA Subregional Office for Central Africa. “We need to look at the soft and hard infrastructure that will then create the necessary enablers for money to flow,” he stated in N’Djamena on 19 September during a roundtable titled ‘Towards Resource-based Industrialization and Economic Diversification in Central Africa.' Citing the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where the government plans to establish special economic zones to attract investors to promote the fabrication of batteries and electric cars, Mr. Pedro said: “that’s a good example of how we can utilize our natural resources to industrialize.” DRC produces 60% (increasing) of the world cobalt, giving it unique bargaining power. Other Central African countries are also endowed with numerous natural resources that can be harnessed in the same manner. These include … [Read more...] about Member States urged to explore non-traditional sources of financing in Central Africa
Secrets of Early Human Evolution Could Be Hiding in African Rainforests
Tech & Science Think of rainforests and the picture is inevitably one of a dark and forbidding realm where life is abundant, yet alarmingly cryptic. Rather than the sense of space offered by long, iconic grassland vistas, distance is compressed into tangled webs of foliage, veiling both predators and prey. Diffuse and difficult to access proteins, carbohydrates and fats increase the chances of encountering an array of lurking dangers. For these reasons, it has long been thought that humans were only able to colonize rainforests in the last few thousand years, after the development of agriculture. In fact, we still have no clear idea when humans first began to inhabit rainforests. But mounting evidence is deconstructing the idea that rainforests—that is, forests requiring between 2,500 and 4,500 mm of rain a year—were hostile “green deserts” to early hunter-gatherers. In South Asia, there is now compelling archaeological evidence that Homo sapiens rapidly … [Read more...] about Secrets of Early Human Evolution Could Be Hiding in African Rainforests
Fast-Growing Ebola Outbreak In Congo Has Public Health Officials Alarmed
HEALTH 08/24/2018 03:31 pm ET Updated 11 minutes ago An active conflict zone and rising infections among health care workers are helping to spread the deadly disease. By Lauren Weber More than three weeks into the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 61 people have died ― making this eruption among the nine largest Ebola outbreaks since the deadly hemorrhagic fever was first identified in the 1970s. And global health experts are concerned this may be just the beginning of the fight in an already embattled region. The northeast region of North Kivu has now identified 105 cases of Ebola since Aug. 1 ― nearly double the count of the previous outbreak in Congo that made headlines this spring. North Kivu is home to about 1 million displaced people due to the ongoing threats from armed rebel groups in the area. The United Nations has its largest peacekeeping mission there and considers the region a U.N. Security … [Read more...] about Fast-Growing Ebola Outbreak In Congo Has Public Health Officials Alarmed