What a turbulent year that 2014 was!

A lot has happened this year and as the clock ticks toward the end of the year, we take stock of some of the health events that happened in the last 12 months.

AsiaOne
Warmest year on record? It now looks like that won't be 2014
AL.com
After record temperatures in August, September and October, 2014 seemed on track to finish as the warmest on record. Global temperature collecting began in 1880. The available figures show November only the ninth-warmest on record, and that was ...
Earth had 7th warmest November on record, still on track for warmest yearWashington Post (blog)
November global temps dip, Earth still nears heat recordYahoo News UK

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Commentators have described the year 2014 as politically difficult with a lot of challenges that threatened to tear the country apart.

Tanzania has embarked on a range of strategies and programs aimed  at increasing agriculture production and productivity.  Some of the programs include; Agriculture sector Development Program (ASDP), The Tanzania Agriculture and Food Security Investment Plan (TAFSIP) and the Big Result Now (BRN). For all programs and strategies smallholders and family farmers are at the center. This comes after the United Nations General Assembly declared 2014 the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF)...

The regime of Colonel Gaddafi in Libya ended four years ago. It is now a divided country with two rival governments and its people are struggling to rebuild their lives.

Initially, my fears were around how to deal with a child leaving her innocent post infant years as she moves toward her pre-teens.