We work around Africa to increase access to basic services, help after humanitarian emergencies and empower girls and women, ultimately helping people lift themselves out of poverty. In these blogs country teams discuss their work and progress towards these and other goals.
I came across a very interesting article titled UN to bridge funding gap on health in the Financial Times last week (free registration required), which discusses a UN plan to launch a new initiative to raise billions of dollars in addition …
Have you heard that water flows one way down the drain in the southern hemisphere and the other way in the northern hemisphere? Is it true? I live 1 degree south of the equator, and when I experimented pouring water in my …
The latest update from Mozambique is that we are in the midst of an intensive period of activity supporting the Government of Mozambique to develop its round 9 application to the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria (GFATM). I …
Nigeria has a diverse range of challenges to deal with in providing a decent livelihood and prosperity to its population of over 140 million. One issue that gently bubbles in the background and occasionally boils over is environmental degradation; made worse by …
Over the Labour Day break I took a trip to Akagera National Park on the Eastern border of Rwanda, next to Tanzania. It is a large open expanse of savanna and woodland dotted with beautiful lakes. The wildlife is limited and rather hard …
If you look back to one of my earlier postings: Death on the Roads, you will note I have already highlighted the pitfalls and dangers on the open highways of Nigeria. Last week was no different, as I left Kano there …
Sorry, no time for a detailed posting this week, as I am engaged in an online discussion on an issue which is really important for Mozambique. This is just a quick posting to link you in, if you are interested, …
I was lucky enough to get back home to Sussex for a few days over Easter to see my family - it was great to see my children for real rather than over a blurry Skype connection. Two of them go …
I spent Saturday afternoon with my family visiting a dance group that has been established in Mafalala bairro of Maputo. The bairro is an area of tightly packed shacks and houses on the road towards Maputo airport. The living conditions are …
The lively and very tighly packed (both in terms of agenda and physical space!) joint meeting between the Ministry of Health and development partners held in Maputo on 3rd April closed with a very clear statement of solidarity with the Ministry of Health from development …
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