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Electricity access vs toxic lead pollution: tackling waste from solar power in sub-Saharan Africa

Dr Christopher KinallyDr Alejandro Gallego Schmid By and Filed Under: All posts, Energy and Environment, Environment, Science and Engineering Posted:

Millions of short-lived solar energy devices are being sold to households across sub-Saharan Africa each year as a strategy to increase access to electricity. However, the current lack of infrastructure to safely manage the resulting toxic waste flow raises significant environmental, human health, and social justice concerns. Here, Dr Christopher Kinally and Dr Alejandro Gallego […]

Global partnerships: How can international research collaborations boost our health and economy?

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The University of Manchester is a founding partner of the Kenya-UK Healthcare Alliance, which aims to share best practice and reciprocal training between the two nations, particularly in the area of cancer care. In this article, from our On Cancer publication, Professor Keith Brennan, Dr F. George Njoroge, and Professor Rob Bristow outline how these […]

Rapid diagnosis and treatment of fungal infections

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The rapid and accurate diagnosis of fungal infections is crucial to effective treatment and ultimately saves lives. Diagnostics are often not widely available in low income countries leading to inappropriate and delayed treatments. This is the case for a serious fungal infection called chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA), and often for other fungal infections associated with […]

Health messaging in the vaccine rollout: the role of the community

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The COVID-19 vaccination campaign has been met with much enthusiasm, with some hailing it as the beginning of the end of the pandemic. But health experts fear such optimism might prompt people to pay less attention to hygienic compliance measures, such as hand washing and wearing masks in public. The emergence of new strains in […]

Tackling irrigation poverty traps in South Asia

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As we celebrate World Water day, Dr Timothy Foster, Lecturer in Water-Food Security in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, and Dr Roshan Adhikari, Research Associate in the Global Development Institute, take a look at how rainfall variability impacts farmers in South Asia and explore what local and national governments can be doing […]

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Guaranteeing minimum income in China

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With China accounting for the lion’s share of global poverty reduction witnessed in recent decades, Dr Jennifer Golan looks to one of the largest targeted social assistance schemes in the world, and discusses its effectiveness. China’s minimum living standard guarantee programme provides cash transfers to households with incomes below a threshold Despite being a national […]

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Why all the doom and gloom when things are getting better?

David Hulme By Filed Under: All posts, Featured Posted:

David Hulme takes the media to task over the way it covers the developing world. Bangladesh makes the headlines with stories of factory fires, exploited garment workers, political violence, or bombings. Yet, Bangladesh has shown remarkable economic growth and achieved rapid social development – progress that is rarely reported. In many ways, the country is […]

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Surviving Ebola

Mukesh Kapila By Filed Under: Featured Posted:

There are positive signs that West Africa is recovering from the Ebola epidemic. But more must be done to create a healthcare system that can withstand the next attack from deadly disease, says Professor Mukesh Kapila. Sierra Leone is at war again, as are Liberia and Guinea. This latest war is against Ebola, a nasty […]

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Development in 2015

David Hulme By Filed Under: Featured Posted:

As we enter 2015, Professor David Hulme looks ahead to the next twelve months in international development as the Millennium Development Goals come to an end and plans take shape for the next phase. This year, 2015, will be an important year for ideas and policies about international development.  It marks the completion of the […]

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Microcredit and International Development: Contexts, Achievements and Challenges

Justice Bawole By Filed Under: All posts Posted:

Microcredit and International Development: Contexts, Achievements and Challenges. Edited by Farhad Hossain, Christopher Rees and Tonya Knight Millar. Routledge, 2011. Microfinance services have played important roles in the development of small and medium scale enterprises, writes Dr Justice Nyigmah Bawole. This title deals with contemporary experiences in the microfinance industry – and while it omits […]

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