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AFRICA: Mobile phones for healthplusnews.org | 04 May 2011Some 80 health professionals and telecom operators are meeting in the Ghanaian capital Accra to explore ways to use mobile phones for better healthcare delivery. What we are trying to do here is to find out what mobile technology applications will help us fix some of Africas health problems, said Fiemu Nwariaku, professor of surgery in Ghana and a moderator at the 2-3 December Mobile Health Africa Summit. The efforts are aimed particularly at improving healthcare for underserved populations.
Ghana | Planning and Management of Development | Public Policy | Trade and Environment Djibouti: Challenges remain, despite nutrition gainsfeedproxy.google.com | 15 Feb 2011In a region with some of the world's worst indicators for malnutrition, Djibouti is making gains and ensuring mothers and their children have access to life-saving interventions, say officials. "We are making progress in the fight against malnutrition but much remains to be done; I applaud the government of Djibouti for its efforts to ensure that children have access to the help they need," Josefa Marrato, the representative of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Djibouti, told IRIN.
Djibouti | Environmental Awareness | Education | and Public Participation | Food Security Mozambique Co-existing With FloodsInter Press Service | 21 Jan 2011April signals the tail end of the flood season in Mozambique. The country's water managers will soon be able to appraise the effects of changing policies. Each year, the many major rivers that flow through Mozambique on their way to the Indian Ocean - the Pungwe, the Limpopo, the Zambezi - swell with rain and burst their banks during the November-April rainy season. In 2001, the flooding killed around 700 people and displaced up to 500,000 others.
Mozambique | Environmental Impacts | Floods | Health and Environment | Public Policy | Waterborne Diseases ETHIOPIA: Saving Rural Mothers Livesips.org | 15 Dec 2010Nigist Abebe has grown in confidence over five years on the job. Today she is one of 34,000 rural health extension workers at the heart of Ethiopias primary health care strategy. One of her most important functions in Dengo Furda Kebele, the village she was born and raised in, is supporting women...
Ethiopia | Health and Environment | Public Policy Rough day for Michuki in ParliamentDaily Nation | 08 Dec 2010Environment Minister John Michuki had a bad day in Parliament on Wednesday. The minister was, in the morning session, censured in the House for his role in the Artur brothers scandal. In the afternoon, he was kicked out of Parliament for breach of Standing Orders (House rules). Mr Michukis censure came as Parliament adopted the report of a parliamentary inquiry into the conduct of the Artur brothers.
Kenya | Biodiversity | Economics and the Environment | Public Policy Elders to sue UK government for injusticesDaily Nation | 23 Nov 2010The Taita Council of Elders is pondering filing a case in The Hague over historical injustices against the community. The council, also known as Waghosi wa Isanga, has called Taita lawyers for a brainstorming meeting on the matter. The councils treasurer Gabriel Nyambu said on Tuesday that they would discuss the possibility of suing the British government for taking away more than 17,000 square kilometres of their land to establish a national park.
Kenya | Land Tenure Issues | Protected Areas | Public Policy | Tourism and Biodiversity