La Grande Muraille Verte (GMV) est souvent présentée comme l’une des réponses les plus ambitieuses du continent africain face à la désertification et au changement climatique. Une ceinture vivante de 8 000 km, du Sénégal à la Corne de l’Afrique, conçue pour restaurer les terres dégradées, renforcer la résilience des [...]
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Every year on April 7th, the global community pauses to reflect on the state of our collective well-being, assessing the triumphs and systemic failures of global health governance. This year, the World Health Organization (WHO) has united the world under a powerful, urgent theme: “Together for health. Stand with science.” This year’s [...]
Article by Sokhna Diom SENEGAL-HEALTH Fatick, May 19 (APS) – The CHARTer project, intended to highlight the impacts of climate change, has chosen to work with people representing different categories of households, in order to have usable evidence in the fight against maternal and infant mortality in several regions including Fatick [...]
Regions across Senegal are facing an increasing number of extreme weather events, ranging from soaring temperatures to recurring floods. While the environmental consequences of these upheavals are well documented, their direct impact on human health still requires structural solutions. It is in this context that a new action-research initiative has [...]
Fatick — The governor of the Fatick region, Ngoné Cissé, has given new directions to revitalize the regional climate-health committee, with a view to strengthening the prevention of health risks related to heat waves within the framework of the SSACH project (Strengthening the resilience of the health system to the impacts [...]
The regional health directorates of Kédougou and Fatick are hosting the CHARTer project (“Catalyzing action research on the impact of climate change on maternal and perinatal health: towards evidence-based policies and practices”). The launch took place yesterday, Wednesday, April 8th. Faced with climate change characterized by extreme events such [...]
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