VIDEO: UN Global Goals: Gift on life in Malawi

Ending poverty is one of 17 goals outlined by the UN to replace the Millennium Development Goals which expire this year, as Naomi Grimley explains.

Could a humble stove save children from lung disease?

Unlike other branches of medicine, even with cancer cases on the rise countrywide, oncology is still the least known of all.

Video ya wimbo wa kampeni ya umoja wa mataifa ‘The Global Goals Campaign’ imetoka. Wanamuziki wa Afrika walioshiriki kwenye wimbo huu ni pamoja na Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania), Mafikizolo (South Africa), Yemi Alade (Nigeria), Sauti Sol (Kenya), Toofan (Togo), Becca na Sarkodie (Ghana). Jiunge na Bongo5.com sasa Usipitwe!! Jiunge nasi kupitia Facebook, Twitter na Instagram ili […]

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Firm's gift of life-giving water
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Hargreaves Services has made a significant donation to the Dorothy's Well project, which sinks wells and builds toilets for villages in Tanzania; giving enough to provide a 20-litre water container for every child at two schools. Jim O'Connor founded Dorothy's ...

Cervical cancer is the most common of all cancers in Africa

 The World Health Organization’s World Immunization Week (WIW) from 24th to 30th April this year aims to raise awareness about the importance of vaccination to people of all ages and increase rates of immunization against vaccine-preventable diseases around the world. This year WIW focuses on ‘closing the immunization gap.’ African Vaccination Week is being  celebrated under the theme “Vaccination, a gift for life”.

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Diamond Platnumz amepata nafasi nyingine ya kushirikiana na mastaa mbalimbali wa Afrika akiwemo Wizkid wa Nigeria, kurekodi wimbo wa kampeni ya Umoja wa mataifa, ‘United Nations Global Goals campaign’. Hit maker huyo wa ‘Nana’ na Wizkid wameungana na wanamuziki wengine wakubwa wa Afrika kama Yemi Alade (Nigeria), rapper Sarkodie (Ghana), kundi la Mafikizolo (South Africa), […]