Zimbabwe's public health system, like other sectors, has been hit by a financial crisis. With a population of around 16 million, doctors say there are only 12 public health psychiatrists in the whole country. Now, a group of grandmothers are using what they call "friendship benches" to help thousands of people suffering from mental health …
We have heard it over and over—that microbes will revolutionizeagriculture. We have seen big investments by larger agricultural companies. We have witnessed a gradual growth in the number of companies and start-ups jumping on the wagon to produce and commercialize microbial cocktails that are useful to farmers and agriculture. We have also seen the birth of partnerships between these …
Workers’ strikes aren’t always about the money. The 5,000 doctors, who walked off the job in December 2016, in fact sought to save lives, and their leaders were jailed for demanding high quality healthcare that citizens deserve. Last week, negotiations broke down again and doctors were given an ultimatum to resume work or face dismissal. …
Across the African continent today, governments are finding that investments in the agricultural sector are uniquely effective at energizing the economy. The welfare benefits of agriculture spurred the African Union in 2003 to develop the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)—a commitment by African governments to allocate 10 percent of national budgets to agriculture and …
Three billion people are malnourished in the world and over two billion of them suffer from hidden hunger according to the Global Hunger Index (GHI). Hidden hunger is associated not with the quantity but the quality of the food eaten, resulting in macro and micro-nutrient deficiencies, meaning malnutrition. One of the consequences of malnutrition is poor …