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Jun 10
How does a 30-year-old law fight a modern day e- commerce algorith? In India, it's losing. A vital new investigation by SciDev.Net reveals how the digital grey market is actively reviving the crisis of female foeticide. 1/5
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Jun 10
Experts say this is a systemic human rights failure, and a reminder that as long as a societal preference for sons exists, tech will be weaponised against the unborn girl child.
Read the full investigation by @SciDevNet.
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Jun 10
How does a 30-year-old law fight a modern day e- commerce algorith? In India, it's losing. A vital new investigation by SciDev.Net reveals how the digital grey market is actively reviving the crisis of female foeticide. 1/5
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Jun 10
By shrinking the tech and moving the sales online, these networks have decentralised the crime. They can now conduct illegal sex-testing in absolute secrecy.
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Jun 10
Experts say this is a systemic human rights failure, and a reminder that as long as a societal preference for sons exists, tech will be weaponised against the unborn girl child.
Read the full investigation by @SciDevNet.
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Jun 10
A child fitted with a prosthetic leg may need adjustments every 6–12 months. In Gaza, many cannot get them.
@WHO says fewer than 25% of assessed amputees have received permanent prosthetics.
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Jun 10
About 10,000 children have suffered life-changing injuries in Gaza since October 2023. Many who lost limbs now need replacement prostheses as they grow, but rehabilitation supplies remain stuck awaiting clearance.
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Jun 9
Illegal fetal sex tests in India can cost up to 250,000 rupees. First-time offenders face fines starting at 10,000 rupees.
@SciDevNet investigates the economics sustaining a banned practice.
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Jun 9
India banned prenatal sex determination 30 years ago. @SciDevNet found that portable ultrasound machines are helping illegal operators move between locations and stay ahead of enforcement.
Our latest investigation:
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Jun 8
The challenge isn't just developing climate-smart livestock feed. It's getting it into farmers' hands. Our latest podcast explores the gap between research and adoption in Africa's livestock sector.
Listen: africasciencefocus.buzzsprou…
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Jun 8
Can livestock feed help tackle climate change? Researchers in Ethiopia are testing forage varieties that could reduce methane emissions while improving milk and meat production.
Listen to the latest Africa Science Focus 🎧: scidev.net/global/podcast/ca…
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Jun 5
“The real danger does not come from climate alone” - Prof Aziza Mohamed, Cairo University
New research finds heat becomes deadlier when combined with poor housing, weak healthcare and inadequate infrastructure. scidev.net/global/news/cooli…
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Jun 5
More than 2 billion people face “cooling poverty,” exposure to dangerous heat without safe or affordable ways to stay cool.
Researchers say the crisis is driven by far more than a lack of air conditioning. scidev.net/global/news/cooli…
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Jun 3
“This is the third time we are seeing Bundibugyo in Africa. If this was happening in Western countries, they would have a vaccine by now.” @AfricaCDC chief Jean Kaseya on the race for Ebola countermeasures.
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Jun 3
A vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola could enter human testing within months.
@CEPIvaccines has committed US$62 million to accelerate three candidates as cases rise in DRC and Uganda. scidev.net/global/news/afric…
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The current #Ebola outbreak is exposing a critical gap in health security: outbreaks often spread faster than our ability to detect and stop them, and by then, lives are already at risk.
In his latest OpEd published by @SciDevNet, @daktari1 argues that trusted communities, early warning systems, and community health workers remain our strongest defence against future health emergencies.
Read more:
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#Ebola #Amref4HealthSecurity #AmrefEbolaResponse @AHAIC_Amref @WHO @AfricaCDC
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May 29
Dr Githinji Gitahi, CEO of @Amref_Worldwide warns that the first weeks of an Ebola outbreak are when prevention is cheapest and most effective.
“Every day of delay increases the number of people exposed.” scidev.net/global/opinions/d…
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May 29
Investment in community health surveillance is critical as the DRC battles a rapidly growing Ebola outbreak - Dr Githinji Gitahi (@daktari1) of @Amref_Worldwide
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SciDev.Net retweeted
May 25
Medics are putting their own lives at risk helping patients who may have been infected with the rare Bundibugyo species of the virus, for which there are no licensed vaccines or treatments.
The WHO has raised its assessment of the Ebola outbreak in the DRC to “very high.”
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