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University of Manchester midwives are to lead a major research project to improve midwifery services for women and babies in six East African countries.
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A new study by Elisa Long and Robert Stavert from Yale University in the US and published by the Journal of General Internal Medicine has noted that in the absence of rigorous and expensive clinical trials, mathematical models can help assess the effectiveness of different HIV intervention combinations.
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In the face of unprecedented deforestation and biodiversity loss, policy makers are increasingly using financial incentives to encourage conservation.
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A new type of soil property maps for Africa has been launched by ISRIC ? World Soil Information in Wageningen, Netherlands. The maps are freely accessible.
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An international team of researchers had taken 174 water samples from all over the world and found that world oceans contained massive amount of charcoal..
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African governments need to stimulate growth in the agricultural sector in order to bring the current booming economic growth in the continent at par with poverty reduction, the World Bank has said.
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About 1 300 to 2 800 women and girls die from pregnancy-related problems and 26 000 to 84 000 women and girls are disabled by pregnancy and childbirth complications yearly, findings by Zimbabwe Women Resource Centre Network (ZWRCN) reveal.
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Dr. Damalie Nakanjako, a Makerere Lecturer in the Department of Medicine has been named the Winner of Fourth Annual Merle A. Sande Health Leadership Award by Accordia Health Foundation. According to Dr. Yuka Manabe, Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University and former Head of Research at IDI, Damalie has proven to be a leader [...]
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Ongoing research in Rwanda to introduce flesh orange sweet potatoes to enhance nutrient value of the staple crop as well as improve its ability to mature within a short time is exciting Rwandans.
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The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) has announce the launch of the 2013 African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) media competition on Information and Communications Technologies for Agriculture (ICT4ag).
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