Burkina Faso Burkina Faso: School garden improves students’ nutrition and school performance Ouabouè Bakouan | March 28, 2021 This story was originally published in April 2020. The bell rings, signalling that it’s midday at Dano C primary school. […]
Malawi Malawi: HIV-positive farmers improve nutritional status with mixed farming Grace Kapatuka | March 28, 2021 This story was first published in July 2019 Clement Mbewe and his two children sit on the verandah of their […]
Uganda Uganda: Healthy harvest, healthy family thanks to orange-fleshed sweet potato Williams Moi | March 28, 2021 This story was first published October 2016 Sixty-eight-year-old Augustino Kyagagambi has vowed to continue growing orange-fleshed sweet potatoes for the […]
WHO resources on health topics admin | March 28, 2021 The website of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Office for Africa is rich with information on health topics. Using […]
Maternal and infant mortality, why don’t we talk about it? admin | March 28, 2021 In keeping with the focus on health in this edition’s Farmer stories, our Script of the week discusses maternal and […]
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso: Weaker focus on prevention may lead to higher HIV transmission rates in young people Solange Bicaba | February 1, 2021 Pierre Sioho is 21 and works delivering water in the city of Bobo Dioulasso, in western Burkina Faso. He has […]
The Gambia Gambia: Women farmers show why premature births may boom in warmer world (Trust) admin | February 1, 2021 Sirreh Samateh has worked outdoors through all eight of her pregnancies, labouring in the sun to grow rice and vegetables […]
UNAIDS factsheet on HIV and AIDS admin | February 1, 2021 The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has created a basic factsheet to answer common questions about HIV and […]
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso: Youth flock to youth centre for information on sexual health Ouabouè Bakouan | December 21, 2020 David Poda is 13 and in year four of secondary school. He flips through books at the Dano Youth Centre […]
Burkina Faso The state of adolescent reproductive and sexual health and health care in Burkina Faso admin | September 14, 2020 This week’s Farmer story from Zimbabwe talks about the increased incidence of child marriage during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our Script […]