Archive for October 2023
Low-tech health app engages the hard-to-reach
1. App created in Mozambique helps people in remote areas access health information 2. The mobile app is aiding disease prevention and control in Mozambique 3. But getting financial support for sustaining the app is a challenge [LAGOS] Five years after its launch, PENSA—a mobile app developed in Mozambique— has been accessed by more than…
Read More‘Institutional change’ needed to meet gender equity goals
1. Increased funding, data collection, needed for gender equality – UN report 2. 2030 gender equality targets off-track across SDGs 3. Extra $360 billion a year needed to achieve gender equality in all areas [CAPE TOWN] Gender researchers say urgent action is needed, including targeted funding, data collection, and institutional policy changes, to ramp up…
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