We may have been caught off guard by the recent outbreak of yellow fever in Angola, but we shouldn’t have been too surprised. Following declining levels of yellow fever immunization in 2013, subsequent efforts resulted in only 77 percent of Angolan children being immunized in 2014, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Angola’s most recent outbreak, …
Growing up in a rural farm in the Kenyan Coast, I would run barefoot to the riverbank to watch my green cabbage grow. Back then, the rains were predictable, the heat was mild, and the soil was healthy. With each day, I grew more excited about farming and agriculture. I looked forward to a future …
imate change has condensed the cycles of devastating drought, and agriculture across Africa and the world is feeling the heat. Lack of rain in southern Africa delayed this year’s planting season by up to two months. Planted areas have shrunk, crops have wilted and food production in South Africa is already down 25%. Meanwhile, far to the …
BOSTON – In February in Addis Ababa, African health ministers signed a widely celebrateddeclaration of their commitment to keeping immunization at the forefront of efforts to save the continent’s children from death and disease. Fulfilling that commitment will be no easy feat. Immunization is not just a health issue; it is also an economic challenge. The …
On a cold and wet morning, a large group of protesters – many of them bare- breasted – gathered to protest on the Rhodes university campus in Grahamstown, South Africa. Clad in jeans and head-wraps, some had written “Enough!” across their chests. They marched defiantly, having just published a controversial list naming alleged campus rapists in order to …