Zambia: Farmers use activated charcoal to prevent diarrhea
Elidah Mukamambo lives in Mwachikwasha village, near central Zambia’s Chongwe River. The amount of water in the river is diminishing […]
Uganda: As tree cover disappears, so do its medicinal plants (Global Press Journal)
Aisha Rashid Lukwago grew up around medicinal plants. Her father was a prominent herbalist in the 1980s, known for his […]
Burkina Faso: Women mobilize to improve the hygiene of local health centre
It’s 11 a.m. in the small village of Lebda, a hundred kilometres north of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso. The sun […]
Mali: Young woman advises fellow citizens to choose legal abortions
It’s 2:30 on a Thursday afternoon in Kita, a town 400 kilometres from the Kayes region of Mali. Sitan Traoré, […]
Malawi: Breaking the silence around puberty and sexual and reproductive health
It’s a sunny Sunday afternoon in Chilanga village in Kasungu district, about 110 kilometres from Lilongwe, the capital city of […]
Mali: A school distributes sanitary pads to keep young girls in school
It’s Monday morning, and students are filling up the schoolyard at Sido-Soninkoura School in Segou, Mali. Afoussatou Tall Koné is […]
Zimbabwe: Revamping sex education to address teen pregnancies (Global Press Journal)
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
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
World Hand Hygiene Day is May 5. Each year, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign […]
Kenya: Solar-powered freezer boosts immunization rates in hard-to-reach rural villages (IPS)
In the semi-arid southeastern Kenya region of Makueni County, Kamboo, Yindalani, and Yiuma Mavui villages are far from Makindu sub-county […]