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Dec
01
2020
By The African Mirror
Malaria death toll to exceed COVID-19’s in sub-Saharan Africa -WHO

Malaria death toll to exceed COVID-19’s in sub-Saharan Africa -WHO

HEALTH
KATE KELLAND DEATHS from malaria due to disruptions during the coronavirus pandemic to services designed to tackle the mosquito-borne disease will far exceed those killed by COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa, the World Health Organization has warned. More than 409,000 people globally - most of them babies in the poorest parts of Africa - were killed by malaria last year, the WHO said in its latest global malaria report, and COVID-19 will almost certainly make that toll higher in 2020. "Our estimates are that depending on the level of service disruption (due to COVID-19) ... there could be an excess of…
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Nov
28
2020
By The African Mirror
Family farmers struggle to keep up with fast-warming world

Family farmers struggle to keep up with fast-warming world

ENVIRONMENT
THIN LEI WIN  YOUNG African farmers Mavis Gofa and Andrew Goodman had a vastly different upbringing - Gofa grew up on a one-hectare (2.5-acre) farm and could not afford to finish high school, while Goodman's family cultivated 275 hectares and educated him in Britain. But they share the same big dream. Both want a better life for the families who run the world's half a billion small farms, many of whom remain steeped in poverty despite producing about 80% of food consumed in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, according to the United Nations. It is a tough ask as climate change…
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Nov
14
2020
By The African Mirror
Women and girls bear brunt of Africa ‘transport poverty’

Women and girls bear brunt of Africa ‘transport poverty’

HUMAN RIGHTS
KIM HARRISBERG  LONG queues in the rain, daily four-hour trips in a public taxi, the constant threat of road accidents, and nearly having to use a pen as a knife to fight off an aggressive male passenger. These are just some of the challenges Busisiwe Nongauza has faced while commuting to and from her job as an insurance underwriter in Johannesburg, South Africa's biggest city. Nongauza, who lives in Soweto, the country's biggest township, is not alone in her experience. A new study shows that in Sub-Saharan Africa "transport poverty" - when inaccessible or unsuitable transport negatively impacts a person's…
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Nov
04
2020
By The African Mirror
Climate change, migration and urbanisation: patterns in sub-Saharan Africa

Climate change, migration and urbanisation: patterns in sub-Saharan Africa

ENVIRONMENT
ROMAN HOFFMAN, Postdoctoral researcher, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research THE link between climate change and migration has gained both academic and public interest in recent years. Many studies have found that environmental hazards affect migration. But the links are nuanced and depend on the economic and sociopolitical conditions in the respective regions of origin. So what causes people to move and where do they go? And what is the relationship between these decisions and changes in climatic conditions? To answer these questions we conducted a meta-analysis to systematically analyse previous findings in the literature on environmental migration. We combined…
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Oct
15
2020
By The African Mirror
Training can improve patient and health worker safety in sub-Saharan Africa

Training can improve patient and health worker safety in sub-Saharan Africa

HEALTH
MEDICAL technology has made great advances. Yet, patients are often harmed while receiving medical care. Globally four out of 10 patients are harmed in primary and outpatient care. Furthermore, 15% of total hospital activity and expenditure is a direct result of adverse events or irregularities in healthcare delivery. PAUL KADETZ, Associate Professor , University of Global Health Equity ABEBE BEKELE, Dean of the School of Medicine, University of Global Health Equity AGNES BINAGWAHO, Vice Chancellor, University of Global Health Equity Worldwide, there are more than five avoidable deaths every minute as a result of mistakes made by healthcare providers. These…
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Oct
08
2020
By The African Mirror
European bank postpones expansion into sub-Saharan Africa

European bank postpones expansion into sub-Saharan Africa

BUSINESS
GOVERNORS of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development pledged to shift more than 50% of the lender's investments towards green projects by 2025, gave Iraq the nod to join and formally postponed plans to expand into sub-Saharan Africa EBRD governors, currently congregating virtually for the bank's annual meeting, signed off on the lender's strategy for the next five years. They are also due to elect a new president on Thursday, with sources saying France's Odile Renaud-Basso is set to become the next president. The sign-off confirms the lender's pivot towards on projects that will help shift countries to a low-carbon…
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Oct
05
2020
By The African Mirror
Key insights into land degradation from seven African countries

Key insights into land degradation from seven African countries

ENVIRONMENT
KARL HUGHES, Head of Monitoring, Evaluation and impact Assessment, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) LAND is essential to our lives – we grow food on it and rely on it for economic growth and development. In sub-Saharan Africa, approximately 83% of people depend directly on land for survival. However, approximately two-thirds of the continent’s productive land is degraded – it has lost its productive capacity – to some degree. This is driven by years of overgrazing, inappropriate agricultural practices, extreme weather events and the conversion of forest land into farm land. The future doesn’t look promising either as Africa is the…
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Sep
02
2020
By The African Mirror
Sub-Saharan Africa’s COVID-induced slump may last 3 years -Ghana Financial Minister

Sub-Saharan Africa’s COVID-induced slump may last 3 years -Ghana Financial Minister

NEWS
THE economic slump in sub-Saharan Africa caused by the coronavirus outbreak could last well over three years, Ghana’s finance minister said on Tuesday. Much of the region has been spared the infection and death rates that have hit other parts of the world, data suggests, but its economies have been battered by the pandemic and restrictions imposed by governments to contain it. “We are in the middle of the first recession in sub-Saharan Africa in the last 25 years,” said Ghana’s Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta. The slump may last well over three years and could push between 26 and 39…
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Aug
09
2020
By The African Mirror
Volkswagen opens vehicle assembly facility in Ghana

Volkswagen opens vehicle assembly facility in Ghana

MOTORING
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER  ONE of the world’s leading vehicle manufacturers - Volkswagen - has expanded its front in Sub-Saharan Africa, with the official opening of a vehicle assembly facility in Accra, Ghana. With this investment, Ghana has become the 5th Volkswagen vehicle assembly location in Sub-Saharan Africa; the other locations are in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Rwanda. The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo presided over the official opening of a facility that has created jobs in Ghana. Akufo-Addo witnessed the unveiling of the first vehicle assembled in Ghana.  The country’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen,…
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