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Millennium Development Goals – TalkAfrique http://www.talkafrique.com Connecting To Advance Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:18:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.talkafrique.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ta_logo22-150x92.jpg Millennium Development Goals – TalkAfrique http://www.talkafrique.com 32 32 African Leaders Launch Malaria-Beating Scorecard http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/african-leaders-launch-malaria-beating-scorecard Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:59:49 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=9826 A coalition of African leaders on Monday launched a “scorecard for accountability and action” to track their progress in the fight against malaria, following on successes in battling the disease that claims hundreds of thousands of lives in Africa each year. The 40-member African Leaders Malaria Alliance (Alma), which was launched two years ago, aims …

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]]> Africa: 2011 Closes UN’s Roll Back Malaria Decade http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/africa-2011-closes-uns-roll-malaria-decade Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:06:13 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=8617 Angolan Press Luanda — The commemoration of the World Malaria Day this year marks the end of the UN’s roll back malaria decade and offers an opportunity for renewed commitment on the pandemic. This was said Sunday by the World Health Organisation (WHO) regional director for Africa, Luis Gomes Sambo. According to him, this affords …

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]]> Around 7000 Stillbirths Daily Worldwide, Mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/7000-stillbirths-daily-worldwide-mostly-in-sub-saharan-africa Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:01:32 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=8462 Around 7,000 stillbirths occur globally every day, with the poorest nations worst affected, a series of papers published in The Lancet suggest. An overwhelming 98% of the 2.6m stillbirths each year strike middle and low-income countries, they say. Better clinical care and monitoring could halve stillbirths in poorer countries by 2020, the paper adds. Save …

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]]> In Water-rich DR Congo, 50 Million People Lack Clean Water to Drink – UN http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/in-water-rich-dr-congo-50-million-people-lack-clean-water-to-drink-%e2%80%93-un Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:30:51 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=7975 22 March 2011 –An estimated 51 million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – or three quarters of the population – have no access to safe drinking water, even though the country holds over half of Africa’s water reserves, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a new study released today. …

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]]> Empower African Women to Realize the African Dream http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/empower-african-women-to-realize-the-african-dream Tue, 08 Mar 2011 22:33:33 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=7669 It is hard not to be inspired by the widely-recognized economic growth story of Africa: more than a decade of robust growth for a region that has become a credible destination for investment and has

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]]> The Role of the AU in Science and Technology Development in Africa http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/role-african-union-science-and-technology-development-africa http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/role-african-union-science-and-technology-development-africa#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 02:35:03 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=6983 Here, we discuss some of the tasks the African Union (AU) can pursue in the area of Science and Technology (S&T) to bring prosperity to the African continent. The AU was formed from the Organization of African Unity in 2002, with a new vision of “An integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens …

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/role-african-union-science-and-technology-development-africa/feed 5 UN and Artists Use Music to Promote Maternal Health in Tanzania http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/un-aartists-use-music-to-promote-maternal-health-tanzania Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:32:50 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=6866 9 February 2011 – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has teamed up with a group of artists from the United States and Tanzania to raise awareness, through music, on the need to have better maternal health services in the East African nation, where deaths related to childbearing remain a serious challenge. The collaboration, made …

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]]> In Africa, a Man Without Job Has no Status http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/millenium-development-goals-unemployment-africa Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:28:44 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=6830 Michael Fleshman For 17 years Peter worked as a machine operator in a South African textile plant. It was not high-paying work, but it paid the bills and kept his family above the poverty line. When he lost his job because foreign imports were cheaper, he told University of KwaZulu-Natal researcher Claire Ichou, he was …

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]]> Africa’s youth can do great things, says UN Chief http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/africa%e2%80%99s-youth-do-great-things-says-un-chief Sun, 21 Nov 2010 13:36:24 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=3762 Africa’s young population can drive the continent’s future development, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon told an international symposium taking place in Benin. More than 60 per cent of Africa’s 1 billion people are under the age of 25 years, he noted in a message to the meeting in Cotonou. “While it will be a tremendous undertaking to …

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]]> Africa can reach development targets if given a push-Migiro http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/africa-reach-development-targets-if-offered-strong-global-support-migiro Sat, 20 Nov 2010 13:48:29 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=3768 Africa, with its immense human and material wealth, can achieve the globally agreed development targets world leaders have pledged to achieve by 2015, Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro told United Nations agencies working on the continent, while also stressing the need for strong support from the international community. “The continent’s people need neither pity nor charity, …

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