Burkina Faso: School garden improves students’ nutrition and school performance
This story was originally published in April 2020. The bell rings, signalling that it’s midday at Dano C primary school. […]
Malawi: HIV-positive farmers improve nutritional status with mixed farming
This story was first published in July 2019 Clement Mbewe and his two children sit on the verandah of their […]
Uganda: Healthy harvest, healthy family thanks to orange-fleshed sweet potato
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
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?
In keeping with the focus on health in this edition’s Farmer stories, our Script of the week discusses maternal and […]
Burkina Faso: Weaker focus on prevention may lead to higher HIV transmission rates in young people
Pierre Sioho is 21 and works delivering water in the city of Bobo Dioulasso, in western Burkina Faso. He has […]
Gambia: Women farmers show why premature births may boom in warmer world (Trust)
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
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has created a basic factsheet to answer common questions about HIV and […]
Burkina Faso: Youth flock to youth centre for information on sexual health
David Poda is 13 and in year four of secondary school. He flips through books at the Dano Youth Centre […]
The state of adolescent reproductive and sexual health and health care in Burkina Faso
This week’s Farmer story from Zimbabwe talks about the increased incidence of child marriage during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our Script […]