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Our rates are higher than West Africa," said Shannon Hader, the director of D.C. HIV/AIDS Administration, to The Washington Post. (christianpost.com)
despite the increase of cereal production, access to food for most of the population remains challenging due to the disrupted functioning of markets because of civil insecurity and high food prices" said, Robert Guei, FAO's Sub-regional Coordinator for West Africa. (wfp.org)
High blood pressure and associated risk factors as indicator of preclinical hypertension in rural West Africa: A focus on children and adolescents in The Gambia. (bvsalud.org)
One of the main health problems in West Africa remains upsurge of emerging pathogens. (who.int)
80-90% of those reported are from sub-Saharan Africa, primarily West Africa. (medscape.com)
Viral strains from South America are closely related to those from West Africa. (medscape.com)
This observation supports the supposition that YF virus originated in West Africa. (medscape.com)

The East Africa High Commission (EAHC) was an international organisation which existed between 1 January 1948 and 9 December 1961 with the intention of providing common services to the British-administered Uganda, Kenya and Tanganyika. (wikipedia.org)
It superseded the East Africa Governors' Conference and was later replaced by the East African Common Services Organization (EACSO). (wikipedia.org)
Immediately after the end of the war, the British Government published "proposals for the future management of the inter-territorial services in East Africa", with revised proposals following in 1947. (wikipedia.org)
These resulted in the East Africa (High Commission) Order in Council 1947, which came into effect on 1 January 1948. (wikipedia.org)
The East Africa (High Commission) Order in Council 1947 also created an East Africa Central Legislative Assembly. (wikipedia.org)
1948: Sir Geoffry Alexander Stafford Northcote 1949-1953: Sir Henry Guy Pilling 1953-1961: Sir Vincent Goncalves Glenday Wikimedia Commons has media related to East Africa High Commission. (wikipedia.org)
Inter-territorial organisation in East Africa (PDF). (wikipedia.org)
Inter-territorial organisation in East Africa: revised proposals (PDF). (wikipedia.org)
The Future of East Africa High Commission Services (PDF). (wikipedia.org)
This week we meet Clara Luthman, an alumna of the master's programme in Global studies, international relations, and political science, who graduated in 2017 and now works to fund higher education for students in East Africa as CEO of the crowdfunding platform Help to Help. (lu.se)

FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks after being sworn in to begin his second term during an inauguration ceremony outside the Old Capitol on Jan. 3, 2023, in Tallahassee, Fla. DeSantis' administration has blocked a new Advanced Placement course on African-American studies from being taught in high schools, saying the class violates state law and that it is historically inaccurate. (wsmv.com)
The combined effects of conflict, climate shocks, COVID-19, and high food prices continue to drive up hunger and malnutrition in the region, with the number of people lacking regular access to safe and nutritious food projected to rise to 48 million during the June-August 2023 lean season according to the March 2023 Cadre Harmonisé food security analysis - a fourfold increase in the last five years. (wfp.org)

Gender-based violence (GBV) remains a major concern across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. (worldbank.org)
Ferid Belhaj has been the World Bank Group Vice President for Middle East and North Africa since July 1, 2018. (worldbank.org)
Two new initiatives are under way in North Africa to promote regional and international higher education and research cooperation. (universityworldnews.com)
The Japan-based UNU will establish the institute, with the aim of strengthening the presence of the UNU in the region and intensifying research and training interactions across North Africa. (universityworldnews.com)

GENEVA - UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers on Sunday begins a seven-day mission to Central Africa and the Great Lakes Region, where he will focus on some the continent's most protracted refugee situations. (unhcr.org)
While focus has slowly grown on the fires ravaging the Amazon rainforest in Brazil , it has emerged an even greater number of fires are currently burning in central Africa . (independent.co.uk)
DAKAR - Acute food insecurity is on track to reach a 10-year high in West and Central Africa by June of this year - a new study shows - with a worrying expansion of food insecurity into coastal countries, and catastrophic levels of hunger hitting conflict-affected areas of Burkina Faso and Mali where humanitarian assistance is severely hindered by insecurity. (wfp.org)
Growing insecurity and conflict means vulnerability is increasing in the region, and it is getting harder to help communities in isolated areas," said UNICEF Regional Director for West and Central Africa, Marie-Pierre Poirier. (wfp.org)

Tom Koole [Professor at the University of Groningen and visiting professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa] notes that "it is good to see a project in the spirit of South African academic and activist Neville Alexander, working towards the inclusion of students with different mother tongues. (rug.nl)
Members of the Saaberie Chishty Burial Society prepare a grave for the burial of a person who died from COVID-19 at the Avalon Cemetery in Lenasia, South African, in the Johannesburg area on Dec. 26. (cbc.ca)
He added that his recent visit to South Africa to attend the Moshito Music Conference and exhibition in Johannesburg had opened the doors for a number of business projects. (jamaica-gleaner.com)

DUBAI- The Global Business Forum (GBF) Africa 2021 kicks off tomorrow with heads of state, more than 45 ministers, high-ranking government officials and prominent, influential business leaders from Africa and the UAE converging on Dubai for the event's sixth edition. (zawya.com)

While white people were unhappier about their lives as other white peoples' incomes increased, the opposite was true for African Americans. (union.edu)
They became more satisfied the more money their fellow African Americans made. (union.edu)
Status and solidarity were present for both groups," he added, "though solidarity was dominant for African Americans in every state and status was dominant for whites in every state. (union.edu)
The 13th Asa G. Hilliard III and Barbara A. Sizemore Research Course on African Americans in Education hosted 50 early career scholars and advanced graduate students on Wednesday. (diverseeducation.com)
Trump says African Americans having higher rates of COVID-19 infection in U.S. (globalsecurity.org)
WASHINGTON, April 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday evidence shows that African Americans have higher rates of COVID-19 infection in the United States. (globalsecurity.org)
It's been disproportional," Trump told a White House press briefing, adding he is very concerned about the terrible numbers of infected African Americans. (globalsecurity.org)
Los Angeles County released a partial racial breakdown of coronavirus fatalities for the first time on Tuesday, showing African Americans are more likely to die from COVID-19. (globalsecurity.org)
When we look at these numbers by the total population of each group, African Americans have a slightly higher rate of death than other races," said L.A. County Health Director Barbara Ferrer. (globalsecurity.org)
Long-established elements of structural racism, from substandard housing to mass incarceration to limited job opportunities, are responsible for the disproportionate toll COVID-19 is taking on African Americans in Chicago and elsewhere, a new paper from the Chicago Urban League argues. (chicagotribune.com)
The report says African Americans are more likely than other races to be infected by the virus because of larger structural forces, starting with job opportunities. (chicagotribune.com)
Once infected, the paper says, African Americans are more likely to die from COVID-19 than people of other races because of other factors grounded in discrimination, from a lack of access to health care to segregated neighborhoods where airborne pollutants and lead levels are especially high. (chicagotribune.com)
US-based Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that about 1.2 million Americans are currently living with HIV/AIDS, an all-time high. (feminist.org)
African-Americans, who are 14 percent of the U.S. population, account for 44 percent of all new HIV infections and deaths in 2009, making them the largest group. (feminist.org)
To improve our understanding of longstanding disparities in incidence and mortality in lung cancer across ancestry, we performed a systematic comparative analysis of molecular features in tumors from African Americans (AAs) and European Americans (EAs). (nature.com)
A longtime collector of books and rare items by and about African-Americans, Blockson has amassed the largest privately held collection, which he donated to Temple University in 1984. (diverseeducation.com)
The situation is particularly dire for many African Americans and Latinos-and is not predicted to improve any time soon. (epi.org)
If our political leaders fail to quickly enact bold measures to spur a faster economic recovery, the status quo of high unemployment rates for African Americans and Latinos is likely to persist throughout 2012. (epi.org)
This issue brief reviews the unemployment rates by state for whites, Latinos, and African Americans for the third quarter of 2011 and the projected rates for the fourth quarter of 2012. (epi.org)
Sickle cell disease, a common genetic disorder in African Americans, can lead to a stroke. (cdc.gov)
U.S. adults, including African Americans, consume more than the recommended amounts of salt or sodium, which raises blood pressure and increases the risk for stroke. (cdc.gov)
New NIH-supported research finds that African Americans with more severe forms of sleep apnea are at greater risk of high blood pressure. (medlineplus.gov)
An estimated one in four African Americans in the U.S. have a moderate or severe case of sleep apnea. (medlineplus.gov)
The incidence of preventable chronic diseases is disproportionally high among African Americans and could be reduced through diet and physical activity interventions. (cdc.gov)
We included studies of educational interventions with clinically relevant outcomes and excluded studies that dealt with nonadult populations or populations with pre-existing catabolic or other complicated disorders, that did not focus on African Americans, that provided no quantitative baseline or follow-up data, or that included no diet or physical activity education or intervention. (cdc.gov)
Our review suggests that nutrition and physical activity educational interventions can be successful in improving clinically relevant outcomes among African Americans in the United States. (cdc.gov)
Primary prevention interventions aimed at reducing the higher incidence and prevalence of chronic diseases among African Americans (3-5) include education about healthful lifestyle choices regarding diet and physical activity. (cdc.gov)
Interest in and funding for research into the health effects of improved nutrition and physical activity is needed to develop interventions that would reduce disparities between African Americans and the US population overall. (cdc.gov)
For example, a recent review (10) examined physical activity outcomes (ie, increasing frequency of exercise) among African Americans but did not evaluate various health-related outcomes (ie, weight loss or improved lipid profile) resulting from increased exercise. (cdc.gov)
Our objective was to review available literature on the effect of educational interventions on clinical outcomes resulting from improved nutrition and increased physical activity among adult African Americans in the United States. (cdc.gov)

In 2009, South samples from patients with acute lower respiratory tract in- Africa had 5 million HIV-infected persons, and HIV fections hospitalized in South Africa during 2009-2011 for prevalence among pregnant women was 29% ( 3 , 4 ). (cdc.gov)
The prevalence of germline HRD (that is, the total number of pathogenic variants in homologous recombination genes) is higher in tumors from AAs, suggesting that the somatic differences observed have genetic ancestry origins. (nature.com)
We sought to determine the prevalence of high blood pressure (BP) and associated risk factors as indicator of preclinical hypertension in a rural Gambian population .We analyzed data on 6160 healthy Gambians cross-sectionally. (bvsalud.org)
sex was not associated.The reported high BP prevalence and associated risk factors in adults are comparable to other studies conducted in the region. (bvsalud.org)

RF MB2XJE - Durban - South Africa - July 2, 2017. (alamy.com)

The Territorial Incidence of the East African Common Services Colonial Office 1961, p. 3. (wikipedia.org)

In each of the countries, the High Commissioner will travel to refugee sites. (unhcr.org)
Members of the Jamaica South Africa Friendship Association executive at the presentation of a farewell gift to South Africa's outgoing High Commissioner Mathu Joyini (with portrait) when they met with her on December 1, to bid her farewell. (jamaica-gleaner.com)
Representatives of the Jamaica South Africa Friendship Association (JASAFA) last week said their farewell to South African High Commissioner to Jamaica Mathu Joyini, who will be ending her five-year tenure in the island on December 19. (jamaica-gleaner.com)
According to the outgoing high commissioner, officials from her country have had discussions with Jamaican officials on one of the most important elements of science and technology, the provision of water which is scarce in South Africa. (jamaica-gleaner.com)
The Deputy British High Commissioner to Namibia, Charlotte Fenton said: "The British High Commission in Namibia is pleased to support Model UN for the third consecutive year. (who.int)

Technology company Altech UEC has opened a high-tech facility with an annual manufacturing capacity of three million digital set-top boxes STBs, which are needed as South Africa and sub-Saharan African countries convert their television signals from analogue to digital transmission, outside Durban. (expatica.com)

Customs and excise - Principal-agent relationship: South African Breweries (Pty) Ltd ('SAB') imported Corona light beer from Mexico from August 2018 to November 2019, utilising the services of Ocean Light Shipping CC as clearing agent. (sars.gov.za)
In this report-one of several from a RAND Corporation team examining the role of commercial air travel in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic-we use our COVID-19 Air Traffic Visualization (CAT-V) tool to quantify the potential vectors of transmission to countries in the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) area of responsibility (AOR), which encompasses every country in Africa except Egypt. (rand.org)
Healthcare workers (HCWs) were the first population group offered coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines in South Africa because they were considered to be at higher risk of infection and required protecting as they were a critical resource to the health system. (lu.se)

Should Canada be able to vaccinate its entire population before high-risk people or health-care workers in South Africa get access to vaccine stocks? (cbc.ca)
Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine is working well in South Africa, offering protection against severe disease and death, the head of a trial in the country said on Friday. (techcentral.co.za)
This study aimed to determine vaccine uptake among HCWs in South Africa whilst identifying what drives vaccine hesitancy among HCWs. (lu.se)

The baqonde project is a collaboration with six other European and South African Higher Education Institutions: University of Salamanca (Spain), Trinity College Dublin (Ireland), North West University, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Rhodes University, and University of Western Cape (South Africa). (rug.nl)
I think the way to stabilize the world most quickly is to vaccinate the high-risk people everywhere first before you move on to the low-risk people,' said Dr. Andrea Mendelsohn, senior medical officer in the Western Cape province's health department. (cbc.ca)
Dr. Andrea Mendelsohn is senior medical officer in the Western Cape province's health department, South Africa. (cbc.ca)

Higher rates of pre-existing conditions, such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity and asthma, within black and minority communities may contribute to the phenomenon, as well as their higher use of public transportation, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. (globalsecurity.org)
High blood pressure , also called hypertension, is a major risk factor for stroke. (cdc.gov)
Hypertension is the medical term used to describe high blood pressure. (medlineplus.gov)
High blood pressure (hypertension) is when one or both of your blood pressure readings are 130/80 mm Hg or higher most of the time. (medlineplus.gov)
High blood pressure that is caused by another medical condition or medicine you are taking is called secondary hypertension. (medlineplus.gov)
Malignant hypertension is a dangerous form of very high blood pressure. (medlineplus.gov)
Hypertension is fast becoming a major public health problem across sub-Saharan Africa . (bvsalud.org)
Hence there is an urgent need for further investigation into risk factors of pediatric high BP/ hypertension even in rural African settings. (bvsalud.org)

On the second day, conversations will shift to Dubai as a model for logistics, infrastructure development and smart city solutions that African markets can replicate, in addition to the growing momentum behind African entrepreneurs, smart agriculture, and digital economy initiatives. (zawya.com)
According to a 17 April report in Al Fanar , the database will collect a wide variety of information related to higher education and research, including numbers of students, and indicators for the national education budget, research, teaching and higher education infrastructure. (universityworldnews.com)
South Africa's national education authorities wish to encourage the development and use of African languages as mediums of education, but this goal has been set back by concerns of staffing, training, infrastructure, among others. (rug.nl)

RF BNA9WT - Brightly painted wooden bathing huts at St James Beach, near Cape Town, South Africa. (alamy.com)
The high pressure system ahead of the fleet off South Africa is causing a tactical headache for the Skippers as they analyse the navigation and weather options for the approach into Cape Town. (clipperroundtheworld.com)

sub-Saharan Africa on this young age group are scarce. (bvsalud.org)

It is organised by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry in partnership with Expo 2020 Dubai and aims to build bridges between the UAE and African business communities and explore untapped trade and investment potential. (zawya.com)
Taking early 2020 infection and air travel data into account, the CAT-V tool indicates that the near-term driver of COVID-19 risk in Africa will be the flow of travelers from Western Europe. (rand.org)
Festival at Sea 2020 is organized by Blue World Travel Corp, which organizes a few other African American cultural cruises, including luxury Africa and Asia sailings. (cruisecritic.com)
On 26 June 2020, the High Court of South Africa rejected an application lodged by the Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association (FITA) against the government's regulations prohibiting the sale of tobacco products during a COVID-19 lockdown period. (who.int)

Not a phrase that is usually applied to the continent, but there is one particular example of how the rest of the world learns from Africa. (cityam.com)
Soon to be rolled out in other countries across the continent, MiniPay has been designed to address specific barriers to accessible payment options and financial tools, such as high transaction fees, the cost of mobile data, and difficult-to-navigate systems. (cityam.com)
Its goal was to bring together scientists from the southern African region, the African continent, and around the world, with an interest in high-energy astrophysical phenomena. (sissa.it)
Sometimes people browsing the African continent in Google Earth will be surprised to notice a tiny image and zoom in close to find a really high resolution image of a village or animals. (gearthblog.com)
If you turn on the African Megaflyover sub-layer under the Gallery->National Geographic layer you will see about 500 little red airplane icons appear over the continent of Africa. (gearthblog.com)
The pandemic has hit South Africa harder than anywhere else on the continent. (cbc.ca)
JASAFA plans to establish media links with the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation, and he has engaged DSTV, the biggest cable network through the continent, with a view of getting a channel going to filter information from the Caribbean about Africa. (jamaica-gleaner.com)

Meanwhile Letizia Moratti, Italy's education and research minister, has signed a number of agreements with the Tunisian and Moroccan governments to create a new branch of the Euro-Mediterranean Space for Higher Education and Research, according to a 5 May report published by the Magharebia website. (universityworldnews.com)
Launched in 2003, the Euro-Mediterranean programme focuses on promoting distance learning in higher education through an e-learning network with staff and students from more than 30 universities in the Mediterranean region, with the aim of establishing deep institutional and academic relations. (universityworldnews.com)

We find that lung squamous cell carcinoma tumors from AAs exhibit higher genomic instability-the proportion of non-diploid genome-aggressive molecular features such as chromothripsis and higher homologous recombination deficiency (HRD). (nature.com)
In The Cancer Genome Atlas, we demonstrate that high genomic instability, HRD and chromothripsis among tumors from AAs is found across many cancer types. (nature.com)
Generally, U.S. operations in Africa are in areas of instability and thus have low levels of international air travel. (rand.org)

The problem is the high price of food, which has tripled in rural areas, and doubled in cities, because of a big demand in neighbouring countries, particularly Nigeria. (bbc.co.uk)
Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DP World, will headline a session exploring partnerships between the two countries and the broader lessons for trade, integration, and entrepreneurship in Africa. (zawya.com)
Of course, Africa is not one place, its countries are all completely different in culture, attitude and entrepreneurship. (cityam.com)
So Africa has used technology to address this appalling balance by piggybacking on the mistakes of so-called first mover countries. (cityam.com)
Washington, DC, which is hosting the 2012 International AIDS Conference this week, has a higher HIV/AIDS infection rate than African countries such as Ethiopia, Nigeria and Rwanda, ABC News reports . (feminist.org)
A new report reveals "very depressing" news that every mode of transmission of HIV in Washington, D.C., has increased, and overall the HIV and AIDS rates in the nation's capital are higher than some countries in Africa. (christianpost.com)
The region remains net import dependent, and currency depreciation and high inflation are causing food import bills in the region to rise, even as countries struggle with major fiscal constraints and macroeconomic challenges. (wfp.org)
African countries that serve as anchors of regional stability-such as Morocco, South Africa, Algeria, and Kenya-tend to be the countries at greatest risk of importing COVID-19 infections. (rand.org)
Within AFRICOM 's AOR , the countries at greatest risk of importing a significant number of COVID-19 cases that could, in turn, lead to significant community transmission are, in descending order, Morocco, South Africa, Algeria, Tunisia, and Kenya. (rand.org)
Notably, those countries include key U.S. security cooperation partners, as well as populous and wealthy states typically viewed as anchors of regional stability, leaders of regional economic communities, and powerful players in the African Union. (rand.org)
West African countries rely on global and intraregional trade to supplement national food supplies. (cgiar.org)
The region is home to a diversity of agro-ecosystems and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) aims to promote regional agricultural trade among its member countries. (cgiar.org)
Countries enabled to provide high-quality, people-centred health services, based on primary health care strategies and comprehensive essential service packages. (who.int)

At a time when the world's attention is focused on Afghanistan, efforts to create safe conditions for the return of millions of refugees and displaced people in Africa should not be neglected. (unhcr.org)
The two-day forum will open with a welcome address by Hamad Buamim, President and CEO of Dubai Chamber, underlining the crucial role of cross-border cooperation in discovering new business opportunities in Africa - home to some of the world's fastest-growing economies. (zawya.com)

Mr. M. Mabizela, Chief Director, University Education Policy and Support at South Africa's National Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) comments: "undoubtedly, the baqonde project with its aim to facilitate and promote the use of indigenous African languages as mediums of instruction at HE institutions in South Africa advances the objectives of the Language Policy Framework for Public Higher Education Institutions . (rug.nl)
With respect to U.S. security objectives in Africa, COVID-19 presents challenges that go beyond the immediate health risks to U.S. military personnel and partner forces. (rand.org)

The ANC maintains there is a place for both basic and applied research in the new South Africa, says Roger Jardine, a physicist in the ruling party's science policy unit. (newscientist.com)

The purpose of the High Commission was to create a single executive authority with competence in certain areas, without otherwise affecting the constitutional status of Uganda, Kenya and Tanganyika. (wikipedia.org)
The 1947 proposals were received badly in Uganda, particularly in Buganda, where the Bataka Party drew successfully on fears that the High Commission would be a supergovernment controlled by Europeans. (wikipedia.org)
The Assembly comprised the principal executive officers of the High Commission, together with a number of nominated and unofficial members representing the legislatures of the Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika. (wikipedia.org)
Kenya's National Police Service (NPS) on high alert following suicide bombings in neighbouring Uganda. (co.ke)
It started offering Tidal to its customers in Uganda through a bundle partnership announced in August 2018, then in November it acquired streaming service Simfy , which although defunct in Europe since 2015 had continued to exist in Africa. (musically.com)

Interest in the programme leapt between rounds one and two, with the second round attracting investment interest from such big names as internet giant Google and many of the big hitters in the global PV industry opening operations or launching joint ventures in South Africa. (pv-tech.org)
It was sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology and the National Research Foundation of South Africa through the South African Gamma-Ray Astronomy Programme (SA-GAMMA) and the University of Namibia s Office of the Pro-Vice Chancellor Research, Innovation and Development. (sissa.it)
The UG's Global Responsibility and Leadership degree programme has been named by the Dutch Higher Education Guide for Universities 2024 as the best Bachelor's degree programme in the Netherlands. (rug.nl)
HCWs are key role players in the national COVID-19 vaccination programme, making it critical for this workforce to be well trained, knowledgeable, and confident if they are going to improve the uptake of vaccines among the general population in South Africa, which currently remains suboptimal. (lu.se)

Jamaicans in South Africa are also eager to strengthen the links between South Africa and Jamaica," said Wright. (jamaica-gleaner.com)

CSVR was required to produce six reports and following the final report presentation to then minister of Safety and Security, Mr. Nathi Mthetwa CSVR was tasked with providing the following supplementary report addressing the question of what makes levels of violent crime in South Africa so high and a comparative analysis to other nations. (csvr.org.za)

The collection spans nearly four centuries from Leo Africanus to Langston Hughes and spans geographically from Africa through Europe and the Caribbean to the United States. (diverseeducation.com)

The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation is an independent non-governmental organisation established in South Africa in 1989. (csvr.org.za)

Trump said his administration is actively engaging on the increased impacts on the African American community, and doing everything to address this challenge. (globalsecurity.org)

The High Commission comprised the Governors of the three territories and met two or three times a year under the chairmanship of the Governor of Kenya. (wikipedia.org)

South Africa also offers a better climate than Australia, with less rain and clearer nights. (newscientist.com)

This book presents the stories, and the reflections on their paths to leadership in higher education, of seven African American women. (routledge.com)
Each has been the first woman, first African American, or first African American woman in one or more of the positions of authority that she has held. (routledge.com)
Each has overcome the double bind of sexism and racism that can inhibit the professional attainment of African American women. (routledge.com)
The book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in the stories behind the successes of prominent African American women leaders, and contains valuable lessons about leadership in context and in general. (routledge.com)
Tells the stories of seven African-American women-five current or former college presidents and three who are devoted to leadership in higher education policy venues at state and/or national levels. (routledge.com)
So Davis and Wu looked at African American retirees. (union.edu)
What Davis and Wu found was that retirees were just as happy about increasing African American income as working people, so information effects couldn't be a key factor. (union.edu)
Racial solidarity, then - a sense of common identity and empathy - better explained why African American satisfaction was positively correlated with rising African American income. (union.edu)
The same thing was true for being African American," Davis said. (union.edu)
African American solidarity was stronger in states like Vermont and weaker in states like Mississippi. (union.edu)
We thought of it as something constructed out of a common history and experience of racism, things that bind the African American community together," Davis said. (union.edu)
The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) will be hosting its 108th annual meeting, Sep. (diverseeducation.com)
Northwestern University's African American studies department will be renamed the Department of Black Studies. (diverseeducation.com)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration has blocked a new Advanced Placement course on African American studies from being taught in high schools, saying it violates state law and is historically inaccurate. (wsmv.com)
In a statement, the College Board said, "Like all new AP courses, AP African American Studies is undergoing a rigorous, multi-year pilot phase, collecting feedback from teachers, students, scholars and policymakers. (wsmv.com)
Sharon Courtney, a high school teacher in Peekskill, New York, teaching the African American studies course, said her students were "shocked" to learn Florida blocked the class. (wsmv.com)
The Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection is one of the nation's leading research facilities for the study of the history and culture of people of African descent. (diverseeducation.com)
Blockson donated the items to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., in March 2010 during a ceremony on Capital Hill. (diverseeducation.com)
Blockson's appreciation of books and African-American collectibles was spawned at an early age. (diverseeducation.com)
Blockson learned about African-American history by listening to his grandfather sing songs about the Underground Railroad. (diverseeducation.com)
His zeal for documenting African-American contributions came as a young boy when he asked his White teacher about their contributions in building the nation. (diverseeducation.com)
Once housed in Blockson's basement, the Charles L. Blockson Collection at Temple University contains more than 200,000 items including rare texts, slave narratives, art and artifacts significant in African-American history. (diverseeducation.com)
In addition, the oral history part of the collection contains thousands of taped interviews and radio programs on African and African-American history and culture. (diverseeducation.com)
Among the states with sufficient data for reliable estimates, African American unemployment rates exceeded 10 percent in 24 states and the District of Columbia in the third quarter of 2011, while unemployment rates for Latinos exceeded this symbolic threshold in 14 states. (epi.org)
Whether you call it a black cruise or an African American cultural cruise, Festival at Sea hits all the marks. (cruisecritic.com)
Other activities that touch on African American cultural staples range from step competitions and classes to games like dominoes, Family Feud and a basketball tournament. (cruisecritic.com)
Anyone who appreciates authentic African American culture will have a blast on the Festival at Sea cruise. (cruisecritic.com)
Here's what you need to know about African American cultural cruises . (cruisecritic.com)
Why are African American men at higher risk for stroke? (cdc.gov)
More than 1 in 2 African American men have a blood pressure greater than or equal to 130/80 mm Hg or are taking medicine to control their blood pressure. (cdc.gov)
About 1 in 9 African American men have been diagnosed with diabetes , and many more have the disease but do not know it. (cdc.gov)
About 1 in 365 African American babies are born with sickle cell disease. (cdc.gov)
About 1 in 5 African American men smoke . (cdc.gov)
About 7 in 10 African American men have overweight or obesity . (cdc.gov)
Our objective was to systematically review the literature on clinical outcomes of diet and physical activity interventions conducted among adult African American populations in the United States. (cdc.gov)

A doctor in South Africa who has seen the COVID-19 pandemic push her country's health-care system to the 'breaking point' says nations with large supplies of vaccines should consider sharing them early to protect at-risk people around the world. (cbc.ca)
Even though the U.S. recession officially ended in June 2009, the country's unemployment rate remains devastatingly high. (epi.org)

The Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa. (wikipedia.org)
Without updated equipment, South Africa will be unable to play a significant part in international research, says the SAAO's proposal for the new telescope. (newscientist.com)
I want to remind the international community that we need to continue supporting the fragile peace efforts in Africa," Lubbers said. (unhcr.org)
Sessions on the first day will address key trends and issues reshaping African economies at the moment, including the role of regional and international partnerships, such as the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), in reshaping the trade and investment landscapes and driving sustainable growth, capital as a factor driving innovation, and prospects for expanding UAE-Africa economic cooperation. (zawya.com)
It is also the acronym of a new and international collaborative capacity-building project which sets out to promote the use of indigenous African languages in higher education in South Africa. (rug.nl)

At a time when significant turnover in college leadership is about to occur - presenting increased opportunities for women and minorities - these leaders hope that the strategies they describe, the insights they impart, the experiences they recount, and, most of all, the passion they have sustained for the betterment of and greater inclusiveness in higher education, will inspire the next generation of women to answer the leadership call. (routledge.com)
Beverly L. Bower is Professor of Higher Education, Don A. Buchholz Endowed Chair, and Director of the Bill J. Priest Center for Community College Education, University of North Texas. (routledge.com)
At the national level, Morocco is setting up an observatory to monitor the development of its education and research system and support the work of higher education students, researchers and academics. (universityworldnews.com)
Among other things, the national database will review the higher education sector, publish information on it and connect institutions into a network for decision-making. (universityworldnews.com)
In the South African context, students in the primary, secondary and tertiary education system are home-language speakers of languages other than English. (rug.nl)
The project is timely in that recent approval of the Language Policy Framework for Public Higher Education Institutions in South Africa now requires the development of indigenous African languages as medium of instruction and as languages of higher academic discourse, and highlights the critical role of universities in developing indigenous African languages. (rug.nl)
Within this policy context, baqonde provides an effective response to these priorities, by means of teacher training, developing materials and contributing to benchmarks and standards for multilingual teaching in higher education. (rug.nl)
In light of the World Health Organization's 75th anniversary this year, UN Namibia is partnering with the British High Commission in Namibia and the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture to present MUNNAM. (who.int)
Higher education and development in Eastern Africa : an Eastern African Universities Research Project report on the impact of overseas training on development / T. L. Maliyamkono, A. G. M. Ishumi, S. J. Wells. (who.int)

The COVID-19 risks to these key African states have emanated primarily from the United States' closest partners in Europe. (rand.org)

UNHCR's Grandi sounds alarm as drought grips Horn of Africa. (unhcr.org)
Native to South Africa, this Daisy is extremely drought-tolerant and prefers dry soil, so make sure not to water them too much. (highcountrygardens.com)

The United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan is in Niger in an effort to focus attention on the continuing food crisis in the West African region. (bbc.co.uk)

These paroxysms occur with abrupt cold "chills" that transitions after about an hour to profuse sweating, high fever, headache, malaise, and myalgias - then subsequent defervescence. (medscape.com)

FITA challenged the prohibition in the High Court and sought an order declaring that cigarettes and tobacco products were essential goods and that the regulations outlawing the sale of tobacco products were invalid. (who.int)

Due to M-Pesa's evolution, more than 98% of Kenyans already use some form of mobile money, followed by and 96% of Ghanaians, 66% in Nigeria and 43% in South Africa, who are also experiencing an exponential rise in digital payments. (cityam.com)
The recent launch of MiniPay in Nigeria is well-grounded given the high rate of grassroots crypto adoption, openness to new technology and the country being a digital payments leader in Africa. (cityam.com)
With the integration of MiniPay into Opera Mini - which has millions of users across Africa - users in Nigeria can experience fast, affordable, and transparent transactions enabled by stablecoins. (cityam.com)
240k South African downloads of its app later, MTN is planning to launch it in Nigeria and Ghana, according to the Financial Mail . (musically.com)

Black men have the highest infection rate at nearly seven percent. (christianpost.com)

Why Does South Africa Have Such High Rates of Violent Crime? (csvr.org.za)
In the third quarter of 2011, the states with the highest Latino unemployment rates were in the Northeast: Rhode Island (19.6 percent), Connecticut (18.7 percent), and Pennsylvania (17.5 percent). (epi.org)
In the third quarter of 2011, the highest white unemployment rates were in Nevada (11.7 percent) and California (10 percent), while the lowest rate was in North Dakota (2.2 percent). (epi.org)

Africa remains at the forefront of astronomy well into the 21st century. (newscientist.com)
While the white unemployment rate remains high nationally, in each state and the District of Columbia, it is lower than the overall unemployment rate for each state. (epi.org)

Get the best South African technology news and analysis delivered to your e-mail inbox every morning. (techcentral.co.za)

The High Commission was responsible for a number of subordinate bodies (including the East African Railways and Harbours Corporation and the East African Posts and Telecommunications Administration), indirectly employing 21,000 people. (wikipedia.org)
There are currently an estimated 13.1 million uprooted people throughout Africa. (unhcr.org)
Research has continually found that people are more satisfied when they have higher incomes. (union.edu)
South Africa can indeed benefit from improved technology and efficiency at border crossings that enable the speedy movement of people and goods. (polity.org.za)
Kenyan police are on high alert following the twin explosions that hit Uganda's capital Kampala on Tuesday in which three people were killed and 33 wounded. (co.ke)
In December, MTN used the Simfy technology to launch a new service called MusicTime in South Africa, charging people on a pay-as-you-go basis (for example five rand - around $0.36 at the time - for 120 minutes of access. (musically.com)
She said it is critical that Jamaica continues to educate young people on the role Jamaica played in the history of South Africa with the fight in bringing down apartheid. (jamaica-gleaner.com)
For most people, high blood pressure is found when they visit their health care provider or have it checked elsewhere. (medlineplus.gov)
Because there are no symptoms, people can develop heart disease and kidney problems without knowing they have high blood pressure. (medlineplus.gov)

For an amazing travel experience, study English during high school in South Africa, on one of our specially designed courses for high school students. (ef.com)
In February 2007 the Minister of Safety and Security contracted the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation to carry out a study on the violent nature of crime in South Africa. (csvr.org.za)
The study researchers say that screening groups at high risk for sleep apnea can help reduce their risk of high blood pressure and heart disease. (medlineplus.gov)

Data on influenza epidemiology in HIV-infected persons are limited, particularly for sub-Saharan Africa, where HIV Knowledge is limited about influenza virus-associated illness and death in persons infected with HIV type infection is widespread. (cdc.gov)

The spiralling food security and nutrition situation in Western Africa is just heart-breaking," said Chris Nikoi, WFP's Regional Director for Western Africa. (wfp.org)

More generally speaking, what is at stake in this project is the further encouragement of educational best practice through intercontinental exchange, as well as the promotion of equality and inclusion of minorities in South Africa. (rug.nl)

The institute will provide us with an exceptionally high leadership, especially since there are not a lot of institutes of its kind in the world,' Mohammed Saghir, president of Algeria's National Economic and Social Council, or CNES, was quoted as saying to the Algeria Press Service. (universityworldnews.com)
This finding reverses the traditional view of epidemiological threats flowing from Africa into the developed world. (rand.org)

Meanwhile, the risk to South Africa has originated mostly from Switzerland and Germany, and the risk to Algeria has originated mostly from France. (rand.org)
More frequent measurements may be needed for those with a history of high blood pressure readings or those with risk factors for high blood pressure. (medlineplus.gov)

In the DRC, he will visit Angolan refugees at the Kilueka refugee settlement and Central African refugees who arrived in Zongo, in the north of the country, following last year's coup attempt in Bangui, CAR. (unhcr.org)
This would give the state the fourth-highest white unemployment rate in the country, compared with the second-highest today. (epi.org)
The Minister noted that South Africa was a developing country which had a shortfall of essential healthcare resources required to address the pandemic. (who.int)

Lubbers' mission coincides with a meeting of the "Inter-Congolese Dialogue" in Sun City, South Africa - a regional effort to bring peace to the DRC. (unhcr.org)
If the primary motivation of its latest initiative is to clamp down on irregular African migrants, the move will endanger the lives of migrants forced to use more risky routes, and could fail to facilitate regional trade and safety. (polity.org.za)

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