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• Postcards of Hope and Success from Africa
  Postcards of Hope and Success from Africa Worldwatch Researcher Visits 150th Project, After 21 Sub-Saharan African Countries Lomé, Togo-Highlighting Africa-led innovations that offer sustainable ways to alleviate hunger and poverty, Worldwatch Institute senior researcher Danielle Nierenberg visited her 150th site today as part of a one-year tour through Ethi […]
• UNECA-Leadership Through Innovation-Part I
  I recently contacted United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and submitted our questions to Ms Aida Opoku-Mensah, Director – ICT, Science and Technology Division (ISTD). The purpose of our interview was to assess the work of the organization in pushing the innovation agenda across the continent. The interview is divided i […]
• UNECA-Leadership Through Innovation-Part II
  Innovation Africa: I am impressed with the objectives of the second Science with Africa conference. These three objectives are exactly what is needed to make research, invention and new practices to innovation. It highlights the fact that innovation is a multi-stage process. What is UNECA doing to support research in Africa? There are a number of initiatives […]

African Content

• IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, announced a record investment volume in Sub-Saharan Africa for its 2010 fiscal year
  During the fiscal year that ended in June 2010, IFC increased its investments in Sub-Saharan Africa to $2.4 billion for its own account from $1.8 billion a year earlier. It was the first time IFC’s annual investments surpassed $2.0 billion in the region. IFC mobilized an additional $1.1 billion from other investors and approved 40 new Advisory Services proje […]
• Demand for frogs rising in West Africa
  The demand for frogs for human consumption is rising dramatically in parts of West Africa, according to a paper published in the latest issue of theTRAFFIC Bulletin. Dried or fried: amphibians in local and regional food market in West Africa describes the frog trade in Burkina Faso, Benin and Nigeria, based on interviews with local fishermen, collectors, mar […]

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• Broader HIV-1 neutralizing antibody responses induced by envelope glycoprotein mutants based on the EIAV attenuated vaccine
  Background: In order to induce a potent and cross-reactive neutralizing antibody (nAb), an effective envelope immunogen is crucial for many viral vaccines, including the vaccine for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The Chinese equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV) attenuated vaccine … Continue reading → […]
• Anti-folate drug resistance in Africa: meta-analysis of reported dihydrofolate reductase (dhfr) and dihydropteroate synthase (dhps) mutant genotype frequencies in African Plasmodium falciparum parasite populations
  Background: Mutations in the dihydrofolate reductase (dhfr) and dihydropteroate synthase (dhps) genes of Plasmodium falciparum are associated with resistance to anti-folate drugs, most notably sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP). Molecular studies document the prevalence of these mutations in parasite populations across the African … Continue reading → […]
• Economic evaluation of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in The Gambia
  Background: Gambia is the second GAVI support-eligible country to introduce the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7), but a country-specific cost-effectiveness analysis of the vaccine is not available. Our objective was to assess the potential impact of PCVs of different valences … Continue reading → […]

MedNews Africa

• My partner wants a child: a cross-sectional study of the determinants of the desire for children among mutually disclosed sero-discordant couples receiving care in Uganda.
  My partner wants a child: a cross-sectional study of the determinants of the desire for children among mutually disclosed sero-discordant couples receiving care in Uganda. BMC Public Health. 2010;10:247 Authors: Beyeza-Kashesya J, Ekstrom AM, Kaharuza F, Mirembe F, Neema S, Kulane A BACKGROUND: The percentages of couples in HIV sero-discordant relationships […]
• Metabolic Changes Reveal the Development of Schistosomiasis in Mice
  Author Summary Schistosomiasis is an infectious disease resulting from the infection of parasitic trematode worms called schistosomes. About 600 million people are currently exposed to schistosomiasis and 200 million people are infected in about 76 countries. Current diagnostic methods are unable to detect schistosomiasis at its early stages and thus are inc […]
• Safety of artemether-lumefantrine in pregnant women with malaria: results of a prospective cohort study in Zambia
  Background: Safety data regarding exposure to artemisinin-based combination therapy in pregnancy are limited. This prospective cohort study conducted in Zambia evaluated the safety of artemether-lumefantrine (AL) in pregnant women with malaria. Methods: Pregnant women attending antenatal clinics were assigned to groups based on the drug used to treat their m […]
• Early clinical development of artemether-lumefantrine dispersible tablet: palatability of three flavours and bioavailability in healthy subjects
  Background: Efforts to ease administration and enhance acceptability of the oral anti-malarial artemether-lumefantrine (A-L) crushed tablet to infants and children triggered the development of a novel dispersible tablet of A-L. During early development of this new formulation, two studies were performed in healthy subjects, one to evaluate the palatability o […]

African Consultants

• New Roles for the Consultant Project Manager
  Image via Wikipedia There’s a new trend evolving in external project management and it isn’t for the faint-of-heart. Increasingly, companies are relying on consultant project managers to not only deliver their tougher information technology (IT) projects but to help realize value for money. A recent study focusing on this trend finds that external project ma […]
• IT Projects: Getting Beyond CHAOS
  Over-achieving IT projects? It sounds too good to be true. But new research by Dr. Andrew Gemino of Simon Fraser University completely contradicts those gloomy Standish Group 2006 CHAOS report statistics indicating that two-thirds of IT projects perform poorly or fail and only one-third succeed. Gemino has just compiled results from a 2003 research survey in […]

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