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Scientific newssheets
Health -
Angola,
Benin,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon,
Cape Verde,
Congo,
Ivory Coast,
Gabon,
Gambia,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Mali,
Mauritania,
Niger,
Senegal,
Chad,
Togo,
Ghana,
Archipelago of the Canaries,
Nigeria,
Central Africa,
Democratic republic of Congo,
Equatorial Guinea
June 2009
Sleeping sickness is a parasitic infection which affects humans and animals alike in Africa. True to its name, it disturbs the sleep cycle: the patient sleeps during the day and stays awake at night. Sensory disturbance, motor coordination anomalies and mental confusion develop. The whole ...
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Human and social sciences -
South Africa,
Angola,
Archipelago of the Canaries,
Benin,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon,
Cape Verde,
Central Africa,
Congo,
Ivory Coast,
Gabon,
Gambia,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Equatorial Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Liberia,
Mali,
Mauritania,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Democratic republic of Congo,
Rwanda,
Sao Tomé and Principe,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
Chad,
Togo,
Botswana,
Burundi,
Comoros,
Djibouti,
Eritrea,
Ethiopia,
Mauritius,
Kenya,
Reunion,
Lesotho,
Madagascar,
Malawi,
Mayotte,
Mozambique,
Namibia,
Uganda,
Seychelles,
Somalia,
Sudan,
Swaziland,
Tanzania,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe
December 2007
The population of Sub-Saharan Africa is continuing to grow at twice the rate recorded in Latin America and Asia. This exceptional population growth is a major handicap for efforts to achieve the UN’s Millennium Development Objectives (MDO) in most of the countries lying South of the Sahara. With ...
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