Africa
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Clean Cooking Is a Women’s Health Intervention Disguised as an Energy Story
Source context Cleaner stoves are reducing smoke exposure and fuel burdens for some African households. The phrase “clean cooking transition” sounds like energy policy. In millions of homes, it is also a health and time issue shaped heavily by women’s labor. Smoke from charcoal and firewood accumulates where people cook, while collecting or purchasing fuel…
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Clean Cooking Is a Women’s Health Intervention Disguised as an Energy Story
Source context Cleaner stoves are reducing smoke exposure and fuel burdens for some African households. The phrase “clean cooking transition” sounds like energy policy. In millions of homes, it is also a health and time issue shaped heavily by women’s labor. Smoke from charcoal and firewood accumulates where people cook, while collecting or purchasing fuel…
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Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Is a Test of Whether Global Health Can Pay Attention Before Panic Spreads
Source context The WHO is calling for a larger response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Ebola coverage often becomes international news only after the numbers are frightening enough to make the rest of the world anxious. That pattern is backwards. Outbreak control works best when laboratories, contact tracing, protective equipment,…
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Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Is a Test of Whether Global Health Can Pay Attention Before Panic Spreads
Source context The WHO is calling for a larger response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Ebola coverage often becomes international news only after the numbers are frightening enough to make the rest of the world anxious. That pattern is backwards. Outbreak control works best when laboratories, contact tracing, protective equipment,…
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When Donor Priorities Change, Women’s Healthcare Cannot Simply Disappear
Source context Sweden’s withdrawal of direct aid from Liberia is expected to hit women’s health and rights programs. International aid can feel distant until a donor changes policy and a clinic has fewer contraceptives, a community program loses staff or a violence-prevention service no longer knows how it will stay open. Liberia’s exposure to Sweden’s…
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When Donor Priorities Change, Women’s Healthcare Cannot Simply Disappear
Source context Sweden’s withdrawal of direct aid from Liberia is expected to hit women’s health and rights programs. International aid can feel distant until a donor changes policy and a clinic has fewer contraceptives, a community program loses staff or a violence-prevention service no longer knows how it will stay open. Liberia’s exposure to Sweden’s…