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Africa's Energy Crisis

     Energy boosted economic growth in many nations after its development. Energy also left many nations in the dust because of its price. Nearly 1.3 billion people do not have electricity according to the “The Guardian.” Most of these people are located in the Sub-Saharan Desert and in rural areas in Asia. But why doesn’t the Sub-Sahara Desert have access to electricity and why haven’t there been any improvements?

Africa Making Great Strides at Getting Children into Schools

Africa has made great strides in getting children into schools–this according to UNESCO’s 2015 Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report. [i]

The changes, which were measured from 1999-2012, were most notable in ten regions: Burkina Faso, Burundi, Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Senegal and Zambia.[ii]

Why Convalescent Serum Therapy - As Applied to Ebola - Should Be Implemented

Serum therapy is broadly defined as the act of transferring certain humoral antibodies from an animal proved to have a high concentration of these antibodies to another animal in need of the same antibodies temporarily. The applications of this term is widely used even when other species other than human is the recipient or donor. As part of the solution to many viral diseases there are also probes associated with serum therapy as a whole, those include transmission of other infections other than the target disease.

Access to Medical Attention

The Washington Post wrote an article following US Secretary of State John Kerry urging leaders around the world to “step up even further” in their anti-Ebola efforts. In the article there was a graph (shown below) that shows financial contributions to the UN for Ebola by country. The goal is to raise $998 million and as of October 8th, 2014, financial contributions towards the UN Ebola response fell short by $306.2 million. The highest contributor was the US at $113.8 million and the lowest contributor was Italy at $2.2 million.

Globalization in Africa: The Need for Technology

From smartphones to computers, the endless stream of new gadgets in the global market has ushered an age of unparalleled access to communication. As a result, schools in the US have replaced cursive writing with keyboarding. Children’s games are now taking the form of kid-friendly electronics. Google is currently testing a free Wi-Fi network capable of being accessed in nearly any location on Earth.



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