Zambia Zambia: Farmers use activated charcoal to prevent diarrhea Dorica Banda | November 10, 2023 Elidah Mukamambo lives in Mwachikwasha village, near central Zambia’s Chongwe River. The amount of water in the river is diminishing […]
Uganda Uganda: As tree cover disappears, so do its medicinal plants (Global Press Journal) admin | October 13, 2023 Aisha Rashid Lukwago grew up around medicinal plants. Her father was a prominent herbalist in the 1980s, known for his […]
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso: Women mobilize to improve the hygiene of local health centre Harouna Sana | September 1, 2023 It’s 11 a.m. in the small village of Lebda, a hundred kilometres north of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso. The sun […]
Mali Mali: Young woman advises fellow citizens to choose legal abortions Assivavi Agbogbe | July 23, 2023 It’s 2:30 on a Thursday afternoon in Kita, a town 400 kilometres from the Kayes region of Mali. Sitan Traoré, […]
Malawi Malawi: Breaking the silence around puberty and sexual and reproductive health Grace Kapatuka | July 23, 2023 It’s a sunny Sunday afternoon in Chilanga village in Kasungu district, about 110 kilometres from Lilongwe, the capital city of […]
Mali Mali: A school distributes sanitary pads to keep young girls in school Fatoumata Z Coulibaly | May 29, 2023 It’s Monday morning, and students are filling up the schoolyard at Sido-Soninkoura School in Segou, Mali. Afoussatou Tall Koné is […]
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe: Revamping sex education to address teen pregnancies (Global Press Journal) admin | May 29, 2023 When Delight Ziwacha was 16, she didn’t know one could get pregnant after having unprotected sex only once. A friend […]
From period poverty to period parity: Keeping girls safe and happy admin | May 26, 2023 This edition’s story from Mali focuses on how one school in the country is improving girls’ lives by respecting their […]
Save Lives – Clean Your Hands admin | May 1, 2023 World Hand Hygiene Day is May 5. Each year, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign […]
Kenya Kenya: Solar-powered freezer boosts immunization rates in hard-to-reach rural villages (IPS) admin | May 1, 2023 In the semi-arid southeastern Kenya region of Makueni County, Kamboo, Yindalani, and Yiuma Mavui villages are far from Makindu sub-county […]