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Bringing Specialist Telemedicine to Children of Rural Kenya
- Inter Press Service
Nairobi, Aug 08 (IPS) - New telemedicine technology, Daktari Smart, aims to mitigate the gap between child patients and medical specialists in rural Kenya.
Indigenous Women at the Forefront of Transformational Change
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 08 (IPS) - The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, commemorated annually on August 9, is a day to celebrate the many contributions of the 476 million Indigenous peoples worldwide.
From the Field: Outreach across the Horn of Africa
- UN News
In July, a UN human rights officer embarked on an outreach visit to the Horn of Africa’s Sool and Sanaag regions, a seven-day round-trip of more than 1,600 kilometres by road.
First Person: The honey business owner creating a buzz in northern Uganda
- UN News
Sam Aderubo started his company, Honey Pride, in Arua, northern Uganda, in order to make a positive impact on his community. With support from the UN, the business is taking off, providing work for hundreds of local beekeepers, many of whom are marginalized women and youth.
The Price of Bukele's State of Emergency in El Salvador
- Inter Press Service
SAN SALVADOR, Aug 05 (IPS) - The body of Walter Sandoval shows a number of dark bruises on his arms and knees, as well as lacerations on his left eye and on his head - signs that he suffered some kind of violence before dying in a Salvadoran prison, accused of being a gang member.
The Plastic Crisis Has Deep Corporate Roots: To Protect Our Planet, They Need To Be Exposed
- Inter Press Service
Aug 05 (IPS) - This spring, I taught a new undergraduate course in environmental sociology. Most of my students took the course because they were curious to see what their desire to live more sustainably had to do with sociology.
Researchers Embrace Artificial Intelligence to Tackle Banana Disease in Burundi
- Inter Press Service
KIGALI, Aug 05 (IPS) - A group of scientists involved in finding solutions to minimize the impact of a devastating banana virus in Burundi have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool for monitoring the disease.
Women Play a Key Role in Food & Nutrition Security in Nigeria
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Aug 05 (IPS) - In Nigeria, women play key roles in food and nutrition security through their contributions to agricultural production, their influence on how to allocate household income, and their efforts to ensure proper nutrition for all household members.
Major fall in global food prices for July, but future supply worries remain
- UN News
Food prices dropped significantly in July, marking the fifth consecutive monthly decline since hitting record highs earlier in the year in the wake of the war in Ukraine, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) reported on Friday.
More lifesaving grain shipments authorized to leave Ukraine
- UN News
Three more ships have been given the green light to leave Ukraine’s Black Sea ports on Friday, carrying just over 58,000 tons of corn, in a move that will raise hopes further for the success of a UN initiative aimed at lowering prices of essential foods and easing the global crisis.
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