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  • Vanessa Nakate on Giving Weight to the Voices of Those Most Affected by Climate Change

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    Friday Podcasts  //  December 11, 2020  //  By Matthew Gallagher

    Vanessa Nakate_podcast image“We need to give more weight to the voices of people who are most affected by climate change,” says Vanessa Nakate, a prominent Ugandan climate activist, in this week’s Friday Podcast. At the local, regional, and global levels, Nakate’s work sheds light on the imperative for policymakers to value the lived experiences of oft-overlooked groups such as women, youths, and citizens of developing nations. “When I talk about climate justice, it is not something that I want for the future—it is something that I want right now, because our present is catastrophic,” she says.

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  • In Sub-Saharan Africa, Community Health Workers Support Sustainable Health Systems and COVID-19 Response

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    Africa in Transition  //  Covid-19  //  From the Wilson Center  //  October 22, 2020  //  By Cindy Zhou
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    “If there’s one message, it’s health systems need to be resilient, agile, and equitable,” said Uzma Alam, a researcher at the Africa Institute for Health Policy Foundation and Senior Program Officer of the Africa Academy of Sciences. “No one person, no one community, no one minority can be left behind. After all, your health system is as agile, as resilient as your weakest link.” She spoke at a recent Wilson Center event co-sponsored with the Population Institute, “Lessons from Africa: Building Resilience through Community-Based Health Systems.” The event focused on how locally led interventions improved the resilience and responsiveness of health systems in sub-Saharan Africa. 

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  • Meeting Women’s Modern Contraceptive Needs Could Yield Dramatic Benefit

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    Dot-Mom  //  From the Wilson Center  //  September 9, 2020  //  By Deekshita Ramanarayanan
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    “Achieving true progress on sexual and reproductive health and rights requires a comprehensive approach and a commitment to tackling deeply entrenched inequities and injustices of which marginalized communities continue to bear the brunt,” said Dr. Herminia Palacio, President and CEO of the Guttmacher Institute. She spoke at a recent Wilson Center event where speakers analyzed findings from the Guttmacher Institute on the state of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) globally.

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  • Highlights from the First-Ever State of the World’s Nursing Report

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    Dot-Mom  //  Friday Podcasts  //  May 15, 2020  //  By Amanda King

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    The year 2020 has been designated as the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife by the World Health Organization. In April 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO), International Council of Nurses, and Nursing Now, published the first-ever State of the World’s Nursing Report. This week’s Friday Podcast highlights remarks from a recent Wilson Center event on the report’s findings and recommendations, gender implications in the health workforce, and the role of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • First Ever State of the World’s Nursing Report: Unlocking the Gender Dimensions

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    Dot-Mom  //  From the Wilson Center  //  April 30, 2020  //  By Deekshita Ramanarayanan
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    “The year is 2020 and it’s a year none of us will forget due to the Covid-19 pandemic,” said Sarah Barnes, Women and Gender Advisor and Project Director of the Maternal Health Initiative at the Wilson Center at a recent webcasted Wilson Center event. “The year 2020, as designated by the World Health Organization, is also the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife and was meant to be a year of celebration and much due recognition of these two incredible professions.” This month, the first ever State of the World’s Nursing report was published by the World Health Organization (WHO), International Council of Nurses, and Nursing Now.

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  • Sexuality Education Begins to Take Root in Africa

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    Africa in Transition  //  Guest Contributor  //  March 24, 2020  //  By Robert Engelman
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    In Kenya, primary and secondary school students take courses called Life Skills Education. So do students in Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, and Swaziland. South Sudan adds “peace-building” to the subject title. Lesotho, Madagascar, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia are more direct. These countries add the word “sexuality” to the course name.

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  • Advancing One Health: Protecting People, Gorillas, and the Land on Which They Live

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    Guest Contributor  //  Uncharted Territory  //  February 19, 2020  //  By Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka

    A group photo of VHCTs after  a training at the Gorilla Health and Community Conservation CenterIn 2003, a scabies skin disease outbreak affecting mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park was traced to people living around the national park—people with limited access to basic health and social services. To protect the people and wildlife of this special park, we launched Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH), an NGO that promotes biodiversity conservation by enabling people, gorillas, and other wildlife to coexist harmoniously through improved health and wellbeing.

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  • To Accelerate Economic Growth, Uganda Should Prioritize Young People’s Health Care

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    Dot-Mom  //  Guest Contributor  //  August 21, 2019  //  By Winfred Ongom
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    Even though it has always been said that young people are the future of society, it is important to note that we are very much present. We are ready to thrive and become productive adults. Unfortunately, many adolescents and young people are robbed of their potential. We still face a high risk of unplanned pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, teenage pregnancy, early child bearing, unsafe abortions, and dropping out of school. 

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