Energy

Burkina Faso launches Sahel region's largest solar power plant

Zagtouli - West Africa's biggest solar power plant goes onstream on Wednesday as Burkina Faso, one of the world's poorest countries, inaugurates a novel scheme to boost renewables and cut energy de

Publication Date: 
29/11/2017
News 24 (South Africa)
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Energy, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Burkina Faso, Africa, Electricity
Environment

Nigeria: Shell Nigeria Faults Amnesty International's Report On Ogoniland

Lagos and Abuja — Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has denied a report by the Amnesty International alleging that a cache of thousands of internal documents suggested that the Anglo-Dutch

Publication Date: 
29/11/2017
All Africa
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Environment, Nigeria, Petrochemical Industry, Pollution, Oil, Africa
Health

HIV Infections in Morocco Fell by 44 percent from 2004 to 2016

Rabat – The number of new HIV infections in Morocco decreased by 44 percent between 2004 and 2016 due to the “remarkable progress made by Morocco in terms of coverage and access to preventive and c

Publication Date: 
29/11/2017
Morocco World News (Morocco)
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Health, Infectious Diseases, AIDS, Epidemics, Morocco, Africa
Health

WHO global surveillance and monitoring system for substandard and falsified medical products

Approximately 10.5% of medicines in low and middle income countries including India are sub-standard and falsified, said WHO in this report.

Publication Date: 
29/11/2017
World Health Organization
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Drugs, Antibiotics, Health Effects, Statistics, India, Pakistan, Pneumonia, Malaria, Paraguay, Africa, Global
Health

World Malaria Report 2017

The World Malaria Report 2017 draws on data from 91 countries and areas with ongoing malaria transmission. The information is supplemented by data from national household surveys and databases held by other organizations.

Publication Date: 
29/11/2017
World Health Organization
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Malaria, Vector Borne Diseases, Vector Control, Health Care, Diagnostic Methods, India, Nigeria, Africa
Energy

Climate Scope 2017 - The Clean Energy Country Competitiveness Index

Climates scope a detailed, country-by-country quantitative assessment of clean energy market conditions and opportunities in 71 nations in South America, Europe, Africa, the Mideast, and Asia. For the first time since Climate scope was launched fouryearsago the average country score fell year-on-year.

Publication Date: 
28/11/2017
Bloomberg New Energy Finance
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Energy, Egypt, Africa, Europe, South America, Asia, Electricity, Renewable Energy
Health

Worldwide burden of cancer attributable to diabetes and high body-mass index: a comparative risk assessment

Diabetes and high body-mass index (BMI) are associated with increased risk of several cancers, and are increasing in prevalence in most countries. Researchers estimated the cancer incidence attributable to diabetes and high BMI as individual risk factors and in combination, by country and sex.

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Publication Date: 
28/11/2017
Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard, Bin Zhou, Vasilis Kontis & et al
Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
1-10
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Cancer, Diabetes, Non Communicable Diseases, Health Effects, Statistics, Global, Lifestyles, Asia, Africa, Europe, South Asia
Climate Change

Global change in streamflow extremes under climate change over the 21st century

Global warming is expected to intensify the Earth’s hydrological cycle and increase flood and drought risks.

Publication Date: 
27/11/2017
Behzad Asadieh, Nir Y. Krakauer
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
21
5863–5874
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Climate Change, Hydrology, Climate Impacts, Global Warming, Floods, Droughts, India, Asia, Europe, Africa, South America, Rainfall Pattern
Climate Change

A multi-country assessment of factors related to smallholder food security in varying rainfall conditions

Given that smallholder farmers are frequently food insecure and rely significantly on rain-fed agriculture, it is critical to examine climate variability and food insecurity. We utilize data from smallholder farmer surveys from 12 countries with 30 years of rainfall data to examine how rainfall variability and household resources are correlated with food security.

Publication Date: 
24/11/2017
Meredith T. Niles, Molly E. Brown
Scientific Reports
1-11
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Food Security, Rainfall Pattern, Dryland Farming, Climate Change, India, Africa, Global, Statistics, Agricultural Inputs, South Asia, Climate Impacts
Health

22,000 Moroccans Live with HIV: UNAIDS

Rabat – Morocco counted more than 1,000 new HIV infections in 2016, bringing up the number of Moroccans living with HIV to 22,000 people, down from the previous year by 600 cases, according to a re

Publication Date: 
24/11/2017
Morocco World News (Morocco)
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Health, AIDS, Morocco, Infectious Diseases, Epidemics, Africa

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