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Turning Science On: Improving Access to Energy in sub-Saharan Africa
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2010)
Access to modern energy services, defined as electricity and clean cooking fuels, is central to a country’s development. Poor access retards the pace of national development and poverty reduction and delays the achievement ...
Inquiry-Based Science Education: Increasing Participation of Girls in Science in sub-Saharan Africa Policy-makers’ Booklet
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2011)
This policy-makers’ booklet is a joint project of the Academy
of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC), the Organisation of Women Scientists for the Developing World ...
Science, Water and Sanitation: Supporting Equitable and Sustainable Development in southern Africa
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2012)
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) region faces a number of challenges in ensuring water for equitable and sustainable development. In most of these countries water resources infrastructure is underdeveloped, ...
Regulation of Agricultural GM Technology in Africa
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2012)
This policymakers’ booklet is produced by
the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) as part of the project “GMOs
for African Agriculture: Opportunities and Challenges”. The project was implemented through ASSAf’s ...
Social Protection in Africa: Overview for Policymakers
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2016-08)
What is social protection? - What are cash transfers? - What are social protection floors? - Why is social protection in Africa important? - Socio-economic context - The development of social protection in Africa - ...
Science in Action: Saving the Lives of Africa’s Mothers, Newborns, and Children
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2009)
Science in action: Saving the lives of Africa’s mothers, newborns, and children presents an overview of the current status of maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) in sub-Saharan Africa and reports a new analysis of ...
Essential facts about Covid-19: the disease, the responses, and an uncertain future. For South African learners, teachers, and the general public
(Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2021)
The first cases of a new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) were identified toward the end of 2019 in Wuhan, China. Over the following months, this virus spread to everywhere in the world. By now no country has been spared the ...