State of the world's nursing 2025
<p>Central to the achievement of the Agenda for Sustainable Development is an adequate, equitably distributed and fully supported health workforce. Nurses are the largest occupational group and represent
Africa
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Not guilty for a change
Global warming is not responsible for Africa s upsurge of malaria
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kenya
With an aim to root out corruption, Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi has banned allocation of public land to individuals. Environmental groups have welcomed the ban but expressed scepticism about its
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Adorning: a trait from past
Humans worldwide began wearing jewellery at the same time as groups started meeting up, say researchers from the University of Arizona in Tucson, usa . The finding counters the idea that
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Grim reminder
A fleeting reappearance of plague exposes India's lack of preparedness
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Curative resolve
A dose of political will, backed by communication skills, can help combat infectious diseases
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NIGERIA
In line with its deregulation of the country's downstream oil industry, Nigeria is inviting bids to build independent oil refineries. The new private refine ries' licensing programme is aimed at
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CONGO
An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus has spread from Gabon to the neighbouring Congo. The country's health officials have identified 11 cases in a remote forested region on the northeastern border
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Proving its metal
A plant derivative can kill cancer cells by targeting at their high iron concentration
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ZIMBABWE
A new report of Panos Institute reveals that more than 330,000 Zimbabwean farm workers are reeling under problems of inadequate water supply, poor housing conditions, overcrowding and waste
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Burden of beast
Mounting economic pressures cast a dark shadow on the future of camels and their traditional breeders in Rajasthan