A Wake-Up Call for Healthier Design

BY Etta Madete — Africa bears more than 24 percent of the global burden of disease, but has access to only 3 percent of its health workers and less than 1 percent of the world’s financial resources, according to the United Nations. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports [PDF] Africa has one doctor for every 5,000 people while a …

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Is the Building You are in Safe to Occupy?

BY Etta Madete — More than 700 buildings in Kenya are condemned as unsafe yet people continue to live in them. In the past 10 years alone, over 20 buildings have collapsed, killing over 100 people and injuring thousands. We were all quick to point fingers at the government and owners when eight children died …

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Etta Madete

Etta Madete is a BORAQS registered Sustainable Design Architect, EDGE Expert, Aspen Senior Fellow passionate about affordable sustainable housing. She is currently the Affordable Housing Lead at BuildX Studio and a Lecturer(TF) at the University of Nairobi. In all capacities she practices, teaches and does research on architectural design innovation that brings sustainable economic, social …

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