AFRICA: Threat of a Perfect Storm – AIDS and a Fresh Food Crisis
Davison Mudzingwa CAPE TOWN, Dec 1 2010 (IPS) – In November, the Food and Agriculture Organisation was just one of many voices warning that food prices have risen to levels …
TB Preventive Treatment: the Need for Choice
The progress made in HIV prevention is nothing short of a global success story. It is time that TB caught up to HIV. Medicine is simply too advanced for us …
Why Our Best Defence Against Future Pandemics is Data
Scientists in Thailand work to combat zoonotic diseases at their source. The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates “intimate” linkages between the health of humans, animals and ecosystems, as zoonotic diseases spread between …
Transforming Africa’s Food Systems: Challenges & Opportunities
Ibrahim Mayaki, the Africa Union Special Envoy for Food Systems, previously served as the CEO of the AU Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD). Ahead of the UN Food System Stocktaking Moment scheduled …