//www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/wp-content/themes/bb-theme-child/assets/rss_feeds/sub-saharan-africa/columns_rss.xml Columns RSS feeds. Tue, 25 May 2021 10:12:40 GMT en //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/capacity-building-hiv-vaccine/ //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/capacity-building-hiv-vaccine/ African scientists are spearheading HIV vaccine R&D but new investments are needed, writes Anatoli Kamali. Fri, 18 May 2018 06:05:17 GMT+0000 Anatoli Kamali //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/disaster-preparedness-lessons-hurricanes/ //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/disaster-preparedness-lessons-hurricanes/ African government and institutions should learn from recent hurricanes to tackle disasters, writes Esther Ngumbi. Mon, 30 Oct 2017 06:25:03 GMT+0000 Esther Ngumbi //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis-ending-africa-s-chronic-hunger-cycle/ //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis-ending-africa-s-chronic-hunger-cycle/ For Africa to end chronic hunger, governments must invest in sustainable water supplies, writes Esther Ngumbi. Thu, 20 Apr 2017 09:28:51 GMT+0000 Esther Ngumbi //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis-climate-change-is-smallholders-pain/ //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis-climate-change-is-smallholders-pain/ Africa’s smallholder farmers are among the most hurt by climate change, writes Agnes Kalibata. Fri, 2 Dec 2016 04:33:07 GMT+0000 Agnes Kalibata //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis-benefits-restarted-alliance/ //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis-benefits-restarted-alliance/ The reboot of Europe-Africa clinical trials alliance could make Africa invest in R&D, writes Linda Nordling. Thu, 29 Sep 2016 11:22:02 GMT+0000 Linda Nordling //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis-women-science-academies/ //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis-women-science-academies/ A report showing low proportion of women members of science academies has issues for Africa, writes Linda Nordling. Mon, 4 Apr 2016 07:37:42 GMT+0000 Linda Nordling //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis-harmonising-grant-administration/ //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis-harmonising-grant-administration/ An initiative to harmonise research grant administration in Africa is good news, Linda Nordling writes. Wed, 17 Feb 2016 12:36:14 GMT+0000 Linda Nordling //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis-sustaining-south-african-science-forum/ //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis-sustaining-south-african-science-forum/ Linda Nordling suggests ways to sustain the popularity of the first South African science forum. Wed, 13 Jan 2016 07:32:58 GMT+0000 Linda Nordling //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis-continent-science-making-progress/ //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis-continent-science-making-progress/ As 2015 ends amid fear of terrorism and climate change, African science is making progress, Linda Nordling writes. Fri, 18 Dec 2015 09:45:29 GMT+0000 Linda Nordling //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis-the-continent-s-bold-spacy-policy/ //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis-the-continent-s-bold-spacy-policy/ Linda Nordling asks: Africa has come up with a space policy that is bold but is it workable? Fri, 20 Nov 2015 02:22:28 GMT+0000 Linda Nordling //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis-nobel-aspirations-could-benefit-africa/ //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis-nobel-aspirations-could-benefit-africa/ The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine could boost the study of neglected diseases, writes Linda Nordling. Mon, 19 Oct 2015 08:19:27 GMT+0000 Linda Nordling //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis-welcoming-african-science-home/ //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis-welcoming-african-science-home/ It is up to Africans to sustain an alliance to promote science excellence on the continent, writes Linda Nordling. Fri, 18 Sep 2015 09:58:39 GMT+0000 Linda Nordling //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis-sharing-hiv-aids-burden/ //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis-sharing-hiv-aids-burden/ More funding is required to beat the global AIDS epidemic. But who will pay for it in Africa? Linda Nordling asks. Thu, 16 Jul 2015 11:50:40 GMT+0000 Linda Nordling //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis-more-tb-funding-and-data-needed/ //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis-more-tb-funding-and-data-needed/ TB remains an underfunded and under-researched health problem in many parts of Africa, writes Linda Nordling. Fri, 19 Jun 2015 11:44:07 GMT+0000 Linda Nordling //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-xenophobia-knowledge-economy/ //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-xenophobia-knowledge-economy/ South Africa’s knowledge economy hinges on foreign students and staff from the continent, writes Linda Nordling. Fri, 29 May 2015 11:13:44 GMT+0000 Linda Nordling //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis-nigeria-s-government-technology/ //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis-nigeria-s-government-technology/ Nigeria’s president-elect must let experts take charge of S&T policies to spur development, writes Linda Nordling. Fri, 17 Apr 2015 06:04:14 GMT+0000 Linda Nordling //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/overhaul-the-humanities/ //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/overhaul-the-humanities/ Teaching and research in the humanities in Africa’s universities need to be overhauled, writes Linda Nordling. Thu, 12 Mar 2015 09:10:19 GMT+0000 Linda Nordling //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis-the-need-for-flood-forecasting-system/ //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis-the-need-for-flood-forecasting-system/ An African flood forecasting system could help mitigate suffering from catastrophic floods, writes Linda Nordling. Fri, 13 Feb 2015 06:10:48 GMT+0000 Linda Nordling //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis/ //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis/ Linda Nordling dusts off her crystal ball to present key science issues that should impact development in 2015. Wed, 14 Jan 2015 01:20:27 GMT+0000 Linda Nordling //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis-using-ebola-to-boost-healthcare-r-d/ //www.caisenvip.com/sub-saharan-africa/column/africa-analysis-using-ebola-to-boost-healthcare-r-d/ Ebola funding needs to spur health services and research capacity in the worst hit nations, writes Linda Nordling. Wed, 31 Dec 2014 02:58:15 GMT+0000 Linda Nordling