Tag: health
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HIV in South Africa: Deaths drop by 80% as treatment uptake grows
An estimated 7.8-million people are living with HIV in South Africa and three-quarters (5.9-million people) are on antiretroviral medicine.
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Beef vs veg: The carbon footprint of your food choices
Food production and processing have their own negative effects on the environment, but some products carry a greater impact than others. Animal-based foods usually carry a higher greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint compared with plant-based foods. A study of 38,700 farms and 1,600 processors, packaging types and retailers across 119 countries found that beef and mutton…
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Malaria vaccine finally to be deployed in Africa after 35 years
An initial 18-million doses of the first malaria vaccine have been assigned to 12 of the countries where malaria exacts a high toll.