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Economist: China’s Efforts to Win Over African Audiences

November 5, 2018
Growing ties between Chinese capital and African nations has attracted controversy in recent years. As an article for the Economist notes, “ever since the Kenyan government signed a deal in 2014 for a state-owned Chinese company to build a railway between Nairobi and Kenya’s main port in Mombasa, the project has attracted controversy.” Many Kenyans are suspicious over corruption due to the...

US AIDS Program in Africa: Entitlement" or Success?

Ryan Lenora Brown January 30, 2017
Drastic government reform was a cornerstone of President Donald Trump’s campaign, and his actions are fulfilling that promise. His transition team for the US State Department disseminated questionnaires inquiring whether the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief was “worth the massive investment.” Since instituted the by George W. Bush in 2003, the program has contributed more than $72...

Price of Good Health

Amy Nordrum June 22, 2015
Five of the United Nations’ eight millennium goals – eradicate extreme poverty and hunger; reduce child mortality; improve maternal health; combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases; ensure environmental sustainability – are directly tied to health. The other three – achieve universal primary education, promote gender equality and partnering on development – also boost health standards....

An Interview with John Dramani Mahama

John Dramani Mahama February 18, 2013
In an interview with Nayan Chanda, Ghana's Vice President John Dramani Mahama, now President, says how stigma of homosexuality hampers fighting AIDS, talks about the role of telecommunication in political transformation, voices concern about NATO attacks on Libya, and Ghana's effort to avoid the curse of wealth from natural resources. – YaleGlobal

Government Announces Reduction in Cost of ARVs

December 28, 2010
The South African government has negotiated with multinational pharmaceutical companies a plan to reduce prices of antiretroviral drugs by nearly half. The same 10 pharmaceutical firms that supply the medications will continue to do so, but with newly reduced prices, starting in January. Critics question the abrupt drop in price and whether refunds are warranted for previous high prices. With...

Globalization, AIDS, and the Pornography Industry

September 4, 2009
Propelled by globalization, pornography has found an audience among individuals in the far corners of the world with serious consequences. In some places, like in parts of Africa, where electricity is a luxury, villagers have nevertheless viewed pornographic media from California. And the preponderance of such media is having a chilling effect on public health.. In many of these regions, the...

Untested Solutions

Nayan Chanda April 13, 2009
The G-20’s proposed solution to sanitizing toxic assets and to solving plummeting trade is nothing short of monumental. But is it enough amid a backdrop of moribund data – exports are down 20-50 percent – and bleak forecasts – the World Bank expects export volumes to fall 9 percent in 2009? The answer is, not likely. These solutions are untested and brushed aside is perhaps the most important...