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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SOUTH AFRICA
At least 20 species of South African fish are under serious threat, according to the country's environmental aff airs and tourism minister, Valli Moosa. A decision to restrict catch quotas is on the
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UNITED NATIONS
About 830 million people around the world have not got sufficient food to eat because of natural disasters, armed conflicts and poverty, says the United Nations World Food Programme. "From generation
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Making a killing
More revelations about how Africans are being used as guinea pigs for unethical drug tests
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SOUTH AFRICA
Six live coelacanths, a rare species of fish, were recently sighted by divers in St Lucia Marine Protected Area, off the north eastern coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. "This means there
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UNITED NATIONS
Developing countries now account for half of all anti-dumping actions, states a recent report of the United Nations Confe rence on Trade and Deve lopment (UNCTAD). Between 1995 and 1999, which were
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Catching rainwater
the book is truly an international effort, both in terms of contributors as well as the content. With articles autho r ed from various parts of the world, the book documents rainwater harvesting
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SOUTH AFRICA
Agricultural authorities of South Africa have recently reported a new foot-and-mouth disease out break in Mpumalanga pro vince, near Middelburg, east of Johannesburg. "There are more than
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Breakthrough!
A cure for the world s most deadly disease, Ebola, is on the anvil
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SOUTH AFRICA
This year, South African forests could face fires which will be twice as fierce as the usual ones, indicates a field experiment, which was supported by the National Aeronautical and Space
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SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa and Namibia have rejected an offer of the us to provide financial assistance for purchasing anti- aids drugs. A total of us $1 billion was offered by the us