By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — After decades of overfishing combined with environmental changes, Namibia’s sardine population has finally collapsed, writes Conservation Namibia, a publication of the Namibian Chamber of Environment. “Falling by 99.5% from an estimated 11 million tonnes in the 1960s to a tiny 50,000 tonnes in 2015, this […]
In Nigeria, 72,000 Cancer Deaths Annually and Rising
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — Nigeria has one of the highest cancer mortality rates in the world, with an estimated 72,000 cancer deaths occurring annually and 102,000 new cases diagnosed from its population of 200 million people, according to a report in Frontiers in Oncology. Breast cancer accounted for the […]
South Africa Cancer Cases Will Double Without Major Spending on Prevention
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — At the World Cancer Congress meeting this month in Geneva, Switzerland, it was predicted that all cancers in South Africa would almost certainly double by 2030 without major spending increases for screening and prevention. This comes as new cancer therapies have boosted survival odds from […]
Scientists Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic with Artificial Intelligence
By J Nastranis NEW YORK (IDN) — A group of scientists from the University of Aberdeen, a United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) member institution in Britain, together with Vertebrate Antibodies Ltd and the National Health Service (NHS) Grampian have developed a “game-changing technology”. This technology has “tremendous potential to change the trajectory of global recovery […]
Slow Progress for Women Helping Forge Peace
By Caroline Mawanga NEW YORK (IDN) — Defending women’s rights and promoting greater inclusion is a proven strategy for peace and stability, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told a recent Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security, which focussed on Secretary-General António Guterres’s annual report as envisaged with a landmark resolution adopted 22 […]
How Syrian Women Navigate Security Risks to Mediate Local Conflicts
A UN Women Feature NEW YORK (IDN) — For over a decade, Syria’s protracted conflict has taken countless lives, displaced millions in and outside the country and left much of its infrastructure in tatters. International mediation efforts to end the conflict have largely stalled, in part because the local dynamics that help fuel the crisis […]
UN Report Highlights Women’s Mediation Efforts in Four Arab Countries
By Caroline Mwanga NEW YORK (IDN) — Though largely excluded from formal mediation roles, women across conflict-affected countries in the Arab region have been instrumental in diffusing tensions and mediating conflicts in their own communities. UN Women’s new report, “Women’s Participation in Local Mediation: Lessons from Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen”, highlights the diverse mediation roles […]
Disease-Resistant GM Cassava Promises to Be Game-Changer for Kenya
By Joseph Maina Alliance for Science issued this article, and it is being republished with their permission. NAIROBI, Kenya (IDN) — At the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) centre in Mtwapa, Kenya, scientist Paul Kuria uproots two sets of cassava tubers exposed to the devastating cassava brown streak disease (CBSD). One of the […]
Building Tech “Trust and Safety” for a Digital Public Sphere
Viewpoint by Lisa Schirch Toda Peace Institute issued this article, and it is being republished with their permission. Notre Dame, Indiana, USA (IDN) — The first annual “Trust and Safety” conferences took place this week in Palo Alto, California. Tech platform staff from Zoom, Meta, TikTok, and DoorDash met together with researchers studying how to […]
India: Universal Eye Health & Impact of COVID-19
By Arjun Kumar, Anshula Mehta, Simi Mehta and Kuldeep Singh NEW DELHI (IDN) — Vision loss and impairment affects more than how people see; it has implications for inequities in employment, healthcare access, and income. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it has been estimated that 80% of vision loss is preventable or treatable. […]