Browsing W&L Shepherd Program for the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty and Human Capability by Subject "Sub-Saharan Africa"
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Combating Malaria: The Potential of mHealth
In order to combat malaria effectively, we must utilize a broad range of proven preventative and therapeutic treatments. Mobile health – commonly abbreviated as mHealth – hosts the potential to more effectively connect ... -
The Effects of Corruption on Poverty in the Developing World, Case Studies: Kenya and Botswana
The question for Africa's future is why certain nations have experienced so much success while others have failed. Many are still shackled by the economic suppression of their former masters and by the politics of the ... -
Gender Inequality in African Education: How Can the Lessons of South Africa Apply to the Rest of the Continent?
The worldwide problem of unequal female education cannot be solved by domestic policies alone, and the global institutional order must bend to the necessity of human rights and equality. Promoting growth is not a sufficient ... -
HIV/AIDS and Mental: The Interaction in Sub-Saharan Africa
In the battle against HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, disparity in mental health care plays a key part in stopping the spread of the deadly disease. Currently it is believed over 50 percent of persons living with HIV/AIDS ... -
Malaria as a Cause of Poverty: Poverty as a Contributor to Malaria
Malaria remains to be a huge problem in developing countries. We cannot ignore this problem as we try to eradicate global poverty. Malaria causes a downward spiral of poverty without effective interventions. It causes huge ... -
Massacre of the Millenium? A Study of the AIDS Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa
. . . With 95% of HIV-infected people living in developing countries, AIDS has become a "disease of Third World poverty rather than First World affluence." No one knows what AIDS will do to the economy and people's quality ... -
Mobile Telecommunications for Poverty Alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Mobile telecommunications or mobile telephony is the enormous network of telephone services for portable phones, ranging from smartphones with monthly subscriptions and full Internet capabilities to pre-paid low-end phones ... -
Right to Play and Right to Health: The Role of Sub-Saharan Sport for Development Programs in the HIV/AIDS Pandemic
Using the foundation of a child's right of health and right to play, programs in sub-Saharan Africa are making unique and powerful contributions to combatting and educating youth regarding HIV/AIDS. Through critical ...