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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Disappearing tree
An evergreen tree found only in Africa is on the verge of extinction because of large scale stripping of its bark
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Disastrous year!
The year 1999 registered the highest number of disasters since the last 10 years. The trend for the last decade shows that the Asian continent is most frequently hit by disasters. In 1999, nearly
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In aid of Africa
How do you fight a company making you an offer you can t accept ?
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Cry the beloved country
The fight against AIDS in Africa hinges largely on drugs becoming more affordable in poor nations
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FOLLOW UP
The South African government has severely criticised an offer of Pfizer Incorporation, a pharmaceutical company, to supply a powerful and expensive drug called Diflucan free of cost. Diflucan is used
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SOUTH AFRICA
Toxic waste from the Thor Chemicals' mercury processing plant is contaminating the groundwater in KwaZulu-Natal, according to the environment justice networking forum (EJNF) of South Africa. The
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Two s company
Recent findings show that Africa is home not to one, as was common knowledge, but two species of elephants. For many years, some zoologists have suspected that this might be the case, as African
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SOUTH AFRICA
A White Paper for Sustainable Coastal Development was released by Valli Moosa, the environment minister of South Africa recently. The document emphasises the importance of considering all aspects of
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Red heat
Droughts in Africa were far worse in the last millennium than is now
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SOUTH AFRICA
The govern ment has launched an investi gation to determine the cause that led to the release of radioactive waste into the Crocodile River from the Pelindaba nuclear facility. The move was