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Cheap pill lowers health burden of heart disease

Inga Vesper A low-cost pill made up of four cardiovascular drugs could significantly reduce the burden of heart diseases, especially in low- and middle-income countries, according to a study undertaken in Iran. A paper published in The Lancet on 23 August showed that the so-cal

Global pact to stop air pollution

Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade Five national academies of science and medicine have urged the world to adopt concrete measures to tackle air pollution and prevent the millions of deaths it causes each year. The declaration from the science academies of Germany, Brazil and South Africa, and the science

Satellite imagery helps Ghana fight illegal mining

Gilbert Nakweya Authorities are using satellite data to root out the scourge on its forests and farmland Jane Gyampo, a resident of Sejimari village in Ghana’s Eastern Region, leased her six-acre plot of land to a mining company in 2013 for five years. She says she received a meagre $US 700 from t

Yemen’s forests another casualty of war amid fuel crisis

Adel Aldaghbashy The four-year conflict in Yemen which has pushed huge swathes of the population close to famine has also left the country with a severe fuel crisis. Now environment officials are warning that millions of trees are likely being lost as a result of excessive firewood gatheri

Diseases cost Africa US$2.4 trillion

Stephanie Achieng’ If Africa hopes to reverse the continent’s massive annual loss of productivity due to diseases, it needs to urgently improve efficiency in health spending, an economist says.  According to a new WHO Regional Office for Africa report, based on data from 47 countries, Africa lo

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Why the IDRC won’t rush its open data policy

Naser Faruqui Without appropriate technical and financial support, an across-the-board policy requiring the development of open data management and sharing plans could easily become a compliance exercise, and fail to change research culture for the better. More and more research funding agencies are

Environmental laws only look good on paper, UN says

From 2002 to 2017, there was a fourfold increase in the number of environmental defenders murdered, according to the report.

Pakistan can meet SDGs by tapping wind, solar energy

Presenting an “energy atlas” at a spatial resolution of 14 square kilometres, the researchers estimated the country’s potential for power generation at 78.69 terawatt-hour for wind energy, and 2.79 gigawatt-hour through solar energy.

UNAIDS leader to resign next year after review voices “no confidence”

 Laura Owings An independent panel report, identified systematic bullying, abuse and sexual harassment under his watch. Michel Sidibé, executive director of UNAIDS, the agency overseeing the global response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, will step down from his post in June 2019, the agency announce

Model shows pathway to feeding the world

Barbara Axt Earth has the capacity to feed the world’s population on a healthy diet if countries make fundamental changes to their food production systems and consumption, a study has found.   The study, published in Nature on 10 October, modelled the changes needed to feed 10 billion people

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