Sans actions concertées, nous risquons de laisser tomber nos jeunes dans la deuxième période critique de leur développement après l'enfance.
- Dornsife Endowed Professor of Global Health, Drexel University
Without concerted actions, we risk failing our young people in the second critical period in their development after childhood.
The emergence of variants of concern with increased potential for transmission and more severe disease in the younger population could make Africa more susceptible to a severe COVID-19 epidemic.
Africa needs to be better prepared to deal with future pandemics. That should start with a re-assessment of how countries invest in – and support – local research.
Se espera que la población africana se duplique para el año 2050, lo que añadirá 1.200 millones a la actual población de 1.300 millones de personas. Urgen medidas para resolver este problema.
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Population growth rates pose a lingering challenge to development efforts on the continent.
High fertility is driven by a number of factors including desired family size, low levels of use of modern contraceptives, and high levels of adolescent childbearing.
The aim is to reduce maternal deaths, address the unmet need for family planning and end gender-based violence by 2030.
Empowered women make millions of decisions that add up to a better demographic situation for themselves, their children and for Africa.
Sub-Saharan countries have unprecedented opportunities to substantially improve health outcomes within a generation, largely with their own resources.
The proposed foreign aid cuts by US President Donald Trump will have a devastating impact on healthcare in Africa.
Despite increased global awareness about poor conditions in slums, the health of their inhabitants is a little studied phenomenon.
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