The effects of climate change on human health are wide-ranging — from the direct impacts of extreme weather such as floods and heat waves to indirect impacts such as new and re-emerging diseases and mental stress.
Climate change, especially heat-related emergencies and consequences such as floods, have been shown to disproportionately affect the health (including mental health) and wellbeing of women and children.
Over the past five decades, agroecology has challenged the idea that simply improving production may be sufficient to guarantee the food security, health and wellbeing of populations.
Rapid changes in food environments have been characterized by the increased availability of cheaper, energy-dense, low-nutrient products, negatively impacting nutritional and health outcomes.
The effects of climate change on human health are wide-ranging, from the direct impacts of extreme weather such as floods and heatwaves, to indirect impacts such as new and re-emerging diseases and mental stress.
The Climate Change and Health Innovation Hub for West and Central Africa is a research hub that aims to strengthen the resilience of health systems to climate change in West and Central Africa, a region severely affected by climate-sensitive diseases and disorders.
The effects of climate change on human health are wide-ranging, from the direct impacts of extreme weather such as floods and heatwaves, to indirect impacts such as new and re-emerging diseases and mental stress.
At the heart of the work of science granting councils in the Global South is directing research funds towards pressing national and regional policy objectives.
Although a handful of countries have advanced significantly in promoting innovation through avenues such as technology parks, incubators, and by attracting venture capital to innovative start-ups, the majority of African nations still lag substantially behind other regions in all aspects of innovation performance.
The past decades have seen notable waves of misogynist, anti-feminist and anti-LGBTQI+ violence and discrimination, coinciding with the rise of authoritarianism and the closing of civic space.
The world is an increasingly hostile place for those who seek to promote women’s rights and LGBTQI+ rights, with several policy rollbacks taking place in the last few years.
The impact of climate change on health is multifaceted, exacerbating existing health system challenges and introducing new community and individual-level health risks.
Afrobarometer (AB) was founded in 1999 by a group of researchers who recognized that the voice of African citizens was absent from discussions and debates about policymaking and public policy, politics and development in most of Africa.