Posts Tagged by poverty
Botswana: Chatting up truck drivers to survive (Article for Radio Netherlands Worldwide)
| June 9, 2011 | Posted by Lotte under Uncategorized |
As the sun sets, 15-year-old Posha looks out over the popular Pandamatenga truck stop in Northern Botswana. It is Sunday, the busiest night of the week. At least 40 trucks are lined up at the resting area along the A33, one of the main transport routes through Southern Africa. Most of the truckers stop here… More
Hunger or Malaria? (Guest editorial for Malaria World)
| January 13, 2011 | Posted by Lotte under Uncategorized |
Over the last ten years malaria prevalence has significantly decreased in Africa; an estimated 900.000 people died of the disease in 2000, yet this number dropped to 709.000 deaths in 2009 (WHO). Taking the whole continent into account, Zanzibar is leading the battle against malaria; the disease has become rare on the island off the… More
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