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ADAPT | EXTREME HEAT IN THE CLASSROOM
In close collaboration with diverse stakeholders, a transdisciplinary team from civil and architectural engineering, the social sciences and climate sciences are developing indicators of how extreme temperature and humidity impact low-income residents' physical and mental health. FAR-LeaF Fellow Dr Ebenezer Amankwaa has since January 2023 been disseminating preliminary findings of his research results to stakeholders in Ghana.
Read more ...OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE | Dr Brighton Chunga
Due to his unique and extensive involvement in research, Mzuzu University management recognised Dr Brighton Chunga's outstanding performance and services to the University in research and resource mobilisation. Dr Chunga was appointed Head of the Department of Water and Sanitation, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, for the next two years.
Read more ...TOWARDS SECURING WATER RESOURCES FOR SUSTAINABILITY
Water resources significantly influence Malawi’s socioeconomic development. As an agro-based economy, the agriculture sector relies on the availability of water resources, either as rainfall, river flows or groundwater, to support crop and animal production. Malawi is one of the countries in Southern Africa that wholly relies on hydropower for its electricity needs. As the country embarks on diversification of the economy due to challenges in the agricultural sector, including a general decline in tobacco prices on the world market and climate change, water resources will continue to be relevant in the nation’s industrialisation efforts.
Read more ...COUNTERING ISLAMOPHOBIA THROUGH PEACE MESSAGING AND MEDIA LITERACY
The United Nations (UN) defines Islamophobia as fear, prejudice and hatred of Muslims that leads to provocation, hostility and intolerance using threatening, harassment, abuse, incitement and intimidation of Muslims and non-Muslims online and offline. Motivated by institutional, ideological, political and religious hostility that transcends into structural and cultural racism, it targets the symbols and markers of being a Muslim.
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Prof Tiaan de Jager
Health SciencesUniversity of Pretoria
South Africa
