As per a recently released World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report, the cost of plastic on the environment, health and economies on low-income countries can be 10 times higher than high-income ones even though they consume…
Gloria Agyare, our 2023 Impact West Africa Fellow, was recently spotlighted in The Green European Journal’s article sharing stories of young climate advocates from Ghana and Kenya leading change from the margins. As a young…
The Aspen Global Innovators Group and Niyel Announce the Inaugural Class of Impact West Africa Fellows Centering local change creators who are shaping global health and development Washington DC, (November 28, 2023) – The…
L’Aspen Global Innovators Group et Niyel Annoncent la Promotion Inaugurale des Membres d’Impact Afrique de l’Ouest Soutenant les créateurs de changement qui façonnent l’avenir de la santé et du développement dans le monde Washington DC,…
The effects of indoor heat, particularly on women are compounded by other factors such as clothing and lack of access to sanitation facilities, says Gulrez Shah Azhar, a 2017 New Voices Fellow in a recent…
2021 New Voices Fellow, Kui Muraya, recently co-authored a study for PLOS Global Public Health exploring factors influencing the performance of community health volunteers (CHV) in informal urban settlements within Nairobi. As noted by Muraya…
Mariana Assis, a 2021 New Voices Fellow, co-authored a newly released book “Widening Scripts: Cultivating Feminist Care in Academic Labor”. This book is addressed to scholars, educators, and students devoted to the struggle against precarity,…
“Two out of five children suffering from stunting lived in Africa in 2022, while around a quarter of those affected by wasting lived on the continent in the same year”, says Mojisola Karigidi, 2017 New…
Food security and nutrition are key determinants of health, necessary as an innate human right and, in particular, for global progress toward the 17 Sustainable Development Goals . Last month, Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng met to…
In her latest UN Report: Food, nutrition and the right to health – Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental…