Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
London — Water scarcity is both a natural and a human-made problem. Population growth, rapid urbanization, industrial development, rising agricultural needs and overuse of lakes, waterways and aquifers – all put pressure on water supplies. Additional drivers of water scarcity include drought, desertification, rising sea levels and accelerated melting of glaciers, which scientists say […]
London — Melinda Gates wants you to know this: if women in poor countries can get the contraceptives they want, millions of lives will be saved. By Tami Hultman She questions why modern contraceptives should be controversial, when they can reduce a staggering death toll. “We have 100,000 women who didn’t want to get […]
Rome — Common indicators and guidelines for environmental assessments will lead to shared understanding of environmental impacts, better policymaking. A new FAO-led partnership is looking to improve how the environmental impacts of the livestock industry are measured and assessed, a necessary first step in improving the sustainability of this important food production sector. Livestock-raising and […]
By Anso Thom Health and social justice activists as well as health ministers and key policy makers from across the world will meet in Cape Town this week to address the drivers of inequity which fundamentally impact on the health of the poor. Despite unprecedented global wealth the world is experiencing a crisis of […]
Stephenie Hollyman/WHO Deerfield, Il (July 3, 2012) — A pair of provocative studies in the July 2012 issue of The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (AJTMH) provides a window into the intense ground war now underway against malaria. In one review, researchers offer new evidence supporting indoor insecticide spraying as a way […]
By Eleanor Whitehead Africa’s private health insurance industry is growing as coverage broadens across income groups. Over half of Africa’s total annual expenditure on healthcare, estimated at around $55bn, comes from the private sector. Across sub-Saharan Africa, not only are most countries still a long way from achieving the targeted 15 percent government budgetary […]
Saudi Arabia’s oil keeps the world turning, but the Kingdom is thirsty for water. For years, the government subsidized domestic food production to feed its 25m population – supporting the production of around 3m tons of wheat per year, along with barley and other crops – but the costs of irrigation are spiraling and the […]
Rome — The UN food standards body has agreed on new regulations — including the maximum level of melamine in liquid milk formula for babies — to protect the health of consumers across the world. Other measures adopted include new food safety standards on seafood, melons, Dried figs and food labeling. The Codex Alimentarius Commission, […]
The future of mountains and mountain people got a much-needed boost at June’s U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in Rio de Janeiro. The Rio+20 declaration, “Our Common Vision”, adopted by heads of state and top-level government representatives from around the world, recognizes the global benefits of mountain ecosystems and the vital contributions of mountain […]
By Caitlin Aylward This post is part of a series where Nourishing the Planet asks its readers: What works? Every week we’ll ask the question and every week you can join the conversation! As world population and incomes increase, so has the demand for fish and seafood. As of 2009, the world’s total fish […]