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...when researchers from the Sokoine University of Agriculture in Morogoro, Tanzania, began training rats - known for their keen sense of smell - for the job, the Mozambicans were willing to give it a try. "Rats are intelligent, and they like to learn new things," says Jared Mkumbo, a Tanzanian who supervises the training of the rats and their handlers. "You can train them to do exactly what you want them to do." The project, run by an organization called Apopo, which is funded by the Flemish government in Belgium, is proving so effective that a new batch of mine-sniffing rats...
...building services programs, her talk focused specifically on AKDN’s experience in operating more than 300 schools throughout Africa and Asia. She spoke about several case studies to provide insight into education in the developing world—including the East African nations of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, as well as Pakistan, India, and the Central Asian countries of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan. According to Khan, post-colonial East Africa often promoted “not education for education’s sake, but for, shall we say, indoctrination and to build nationalism...
...town has a disproportionate amount of power,” he said. To prevent exploitation and ignorance about how to properly use the product, Lebone Solutions plans to oversee a grassroots system where African entrepreneurs sell the devices. In July, Lebone Solutions will conduct a pilot study in Tanzania with 10 devices in 10 households, Fabry said. In September, the team will distribute devices in Namibia, where a significant portion of the population is without power. The World Bank grant will be used to transport the devices. Lebone Solutions has secured private funding from a British donor, whose name...
...site launched on World Malaria Day on April 25. Users have the ability to personally choose from seven different National Institute for Medical Research in Tanzania programs that each aim to fight malaria...
After visiting Tanzania, Hadfield said that he encountered the challenges that malaria researchers faced finding funding. But through MalariaEngage.org, the Tanzanian institute will distribute the donated funds to programs that range from improving the use of insecticide-treated nets to movements for strengthening collaboration between traditional healers and health workers...