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06/08/2025

Meet Dzoodzo Baniwa, the indigenous researcher from Brazil recognised for climate solutions.
Now, he's trying to build collaboration between communities to address climate issues.

Indigenous Amazonian science winner seeks collaboration

06/08/2025

After years of progress in reducing malaria cases, Rwanda is confronting a surprising resurgence and signs of treatment resistance that have forced officials to revisit vaccine intervention, which the country once declined.

Rwanda reconsiders malaria vaccines after the first spike in cases since 2016.

01/08/2025

In a review of 24 journals with a total of more than 2,000 board members, it was found that, decisions about what gets researched, published, and funded in tropical medicine remain largely in the hands of wealthy countries, driven by deep inequalities in the editorial boards of the main journals in the field.

A review of tropical medicine journals shows disease-affected regions to be severely underrepresented on editorial boards.

30/07/2025

For many communities in India, safe water isn’t guaranteed. Arsenic poisoning is an invisible crisis, affecting millions. But a group of young innovators is building AI-powered tools and digital sensors to fight back.

Indian innovators are developing digital sensors to rapidly detect arsenic in groundwater.

30/07/2025

From Malawi to Tanzania and Ghana to South Africa, African science councils are beginning to walk the talk on gender inclusion. In our latest Africa Science Focus podcast, we explore how national policies are shifting to give women researchers a stronger voice, more access, and a real chance to lead. Don’t miss this compelling dive into what inclusive research funding looks like in practice.

Science research institutions across Africa are pushing for gender inclusion reforms.

28/07/2025

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Climate change thrives on social inequities, and urban heat islands are the prime example.

“A study published in the journal Urban Sustainability analysed surface urban heat island intensity trends across more than 5 million urban grids globally between 2003 and 2018. It found that urban areas are heating up at an average rate of 0.021 degrees Celsius per year, with low- and middle-income countries seeing the most pronounced net increase” reports Mohammed El-Said for SciDev.Net .

📰 Read the full article: https://www.onlynaturalenergy.com/urban-heat-islands-increasing-faster-in-poorer-cities

25/07/2025

Tanzania’s top science commission, COSTECH, has just released alarming climate projections: more extreme rains, unbearable heat, and worsening public health risks. The study urges a complete rethink of national preparedness.
Climate change is already here.

Meteorologist warns of rising heat and intense rainfall across Tanzania, threatening livelihoods, health and homes.

25/07/2025

Despite nearly 300 global commitments made since 2021, food systems remain vulnerable to shocks, and malnutrition, poverty, and inequality persist.

But there is measurable progress. CGIAR-supported research is behind improved crop varieties, livestock breeds, and biofortified foods now feeding millions, with countries like Kenya scaling up school meal programs as a foundation for future resilience.

As Thilsted and Elouafi argue: “This is the moment to double down on investment and collaboration to put agri-food research into action at scale.”

Four years after the first UN Food Systems Summit, the world needs progress, write Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted and Ismahane Elouafi.

24/07/2025

What happens when you blend science, market gaps, and youth ambition? In Ghana, it led to a business selling 60 bottles of cashew juice a day, from a fruit most farmers ignore.

Through the MA-CASH programme, young entrepreneurs are being trained to turn waste into value-added products with commercial potential. From kebabs to feedstock, the pipeline of innovation is growing.

A science-led project in Ghana is turning cashew apple waste into juice, sausage and compost, generating income for youth.

24/07/2025

Ghana is modernising its rural health referral system.
Researchers at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have built mobile app that is helping frontline workers coordinate emergency cases faster, avoid delays, and get patients to the right care on time.
This development was made possible through the support of the Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI).

Mobile health app enables rural Ghanaians to book appointments, access local language health info.

23/07/2025

Asia is warming twice as fast as the global average according to the World Meteorological Organization and a study says this acceleration is linked to Chinese air pollution cleanup.

Asia is warming twice as fast as the global average – a trend linked to Chinese air pollution policies.

22/07/2025

Find out why the Norwegian research vessel Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, a global flagship in studies, has cancelled its planned 2025 survey in Sri Lankan waters...

Scientists say an aborted Norwegian research vessel mission has disrupted advances in ocean knowledge.