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2013/05/22 10:52
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Practitioners and research need to form collaborations to impact international development Overcoming barriers to how research is used in practice is important — but it's just half the battle, says...
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2013/05/22 10:33
2013/05/22 10:33
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One of the world’s hotbeds of biodiversity, the forestland of Southeast Asia, is being sacrificed on the altar of development and global capitalism. A spate of all but unrestrained development...
2013/05/22 10:29
2013/05/22 10:29
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FINLAND has given Zambia about KR100 million for two bilateral grants on implementation of the social cash transfer programme and poverty reduction budget support in the Sixth National Development...
2013/05/20 17:39
2013/05/20 17:39
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India, UK sign MoU on cooperation in health sector New Delhi, May 20 : India and Britain have signed an MOU for cooperation in the field of health. The MoU was signed by Union Health Minister Ghulam...
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2013/05/18 15:30
2013/05/18 15:30
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Abuja — In what could be considered a backing for the emergency rule, the British government has eur the severity of the terrorism threat facing Nigeria, which necessitated the declaration. The...
2013/05/17 23:19
2013/05/17 23:19
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A study by ICAI criticised management at the Department for International Development (DfID) as "weak," causing "significant delays and wasted costs" in some areas, although it found steps towards...
2013/05/17 16:51
2013/05/17 16:51
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In two studies led by researchers in the UK and Switzerland, the new LAMP (loop-mediated isothermal amplification) test was compared to existing methods in London laboratories that deal with imported...
2013/05/17 11:31
2013/05/17 11:31
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The United Kingdom's International Development Minister, Lynne Featherstone yesterday said a quarter of sub-Sahara Africa's poor people live in Nigeria. Featherstone who is on a tour to review the...
2013/05/17 09:31
2013/05/17 09:31
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The former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Nuhu Ribadu, said on Wednesday, that up to $500 million (N75bn) of Nigeria's oil revenue gets drained monthly as a result of...
2013/05/17 08:29
2013/05/17 08:29
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Clashes between cattle herders and crop farmers have been a major cause of increasing violence and general insecurity in Nigeria. In most of these encounters, citizens are regularly killed; the...
2013/05/17 05:31
2013/05/17 05:31
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While the West's health diplomacy in Africa tends to be vertical and targeted at diseases, China's has typically been horizontal, infrastructure-based and recipient-led. In 1941, Mao Zedong called...
2013/05/15 15:56
2013/05/15 15:56
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The announcement comes as representatives of 103 countries and organizations are meeting in Brussels to consider the rebuilding of the west African country of Mali as a viable state rather than a safe...
2013/05/15 01:38
2013/05/15 01:38
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Rotavirus Vaccine developed in India demonstrates strong efficacy New Delhi, May 14 (ANI-Business Wire India): The Government of India's Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Bharat Biotech have...
2013/05/14 10:30
2013/05/14 10:30
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A new tax capacity building programme funded by the UK's Department for International Development (DfID) is planning to work with the Ethiopian government to put in place a more effective tax...
2013/05/14 10:30
2013/05/14 10:30
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The Ethiopian government may be guilty of atrocities against indigenous peoples as it completes construction of the Gibe III dam. UK aid-agency DFID has failed to exert its influence and protect the...
2013/05/14 06:15
2013/05/14 06:15
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... in China' has saved lives. Why not share it, in the form of cheaper commodities such as Chinese-produced medicine, with Africa?" asked Ming-Hui Ren, director general of the Chinese government's...
2013/05/13 08:30
2013/05/13 08:30
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Yei/Juba — The British government, through its Department for International Development (DFID), has donated 200 primary school textbooks and teacher guides to Yei Teacher Training College (YTTC). The...
2013/05/11 22:43
2013/05/11 22:43
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The following guest post is by Amit Bouri, Managing Director, Global Impact Investing Network, a nonprofit field-building organization and convener of impact investors. As our global leaders prepare...
2013/05/10 12:29
2013/05/10 12:29
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According to the World Health Organization 2011 World Malaria report, the estimated number of global malaria deaths fell from about 985,000 in 2000 to approximately 655,000 in 2010. However, despite...
2013/05/10 10:29
2013/05/10 10:29
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THE government and Britain are embarking on an ambitious project on English Language improvement to help address education quality in primary and secondary schools. The Ministry of Education and...