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Category Archives: Public health

Coronavirus Link Or Not Its Time to Crack Down on the Illegal Animal Trade  

February 21, 2020by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

Washington Post February 19, 2020 About two years ago in northern Uganda, I watched anxiously as an endangered pangolin was released into a protected forest. Wildlife authorities and conservationists had […]

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Africa, Animals, China, Environment, Public health, science

The Darker Side of Paradise: Heroin Addiction in Zanzibar

September 1, 2019by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

The Lancet August 31, 2019 Behind the beautiful touristic sand beaches, sober recovery houses provide safe havens for the thousands of people dealing with heroin addiction in Zanzibar. Amy Yee […]

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Africa, Public health, Rural poverty

Solar energy boom leads to toxic trash in East Africa

May 13, 2019by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

  New York Times May 12, 2019 DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — After nightfall, when trash covers the streets of the busy Kariakoo market here, compactor trucks rumble along followed by men […]

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Africa, Business solutions to poverty, Clean energy, Environment, Public health, Rural poverty

A Change in Focus for Covering Africa

April 18, 2019by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

  Dateline (Overseas Press Club magazine) April 18, 2019   At a prison in Thiès, Senegal, a group of women in fine dresses cut from the same colorful fabric enact […]

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Africa, Public health, Women & Children

Rwanda Eyes Biogas and Other Cooking Fuels to Help Curb Deforestation

September 22, 2018by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

New York Times September 22, 2018 By Amy Yee KIGALI, Rwanda — The kitchen of Ecole Secondaire Kanombe Efotec, a boarding school here, is busy from dawn to dusk while the staff […]

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Africa, Business solutions to poverty, Clean energy, Environment, Public health, Rural poverty

Strength in Numbers: StrongMinds looks to break the cycle of depression for women in Uganda and beyond.

August 20, 2018by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

Stanford Social Innovation Review August 2018 Harriet Nakalyango sells water and farms a small plot of land to make a living on the outskirts of Kampala, Uganda’s capital. After she married at age 16 […]

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Africa, Education, Public health, Women & Children

Men Teaching Men To Be Better Husbands And Dads

June 15, 2018by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

NPR June 15, 2018 Jean Marie Rukundo did not accompany his wife to the clinic the first two times she gave birth. Here in rural Rwanda, that was considered the […]

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Africa, Education, Public health, Rural poverty, Women & Children

In a Corner of Senegal, a Victory Over Malaria

May 1, 2018by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

New York Times May 1, 2018 RICHARD TOLL, Senegal — Thousands of seasonal migrant workers flock to Richard Toll, a dusty city in northern Senegal near the Mauritania border. They […]

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Africa, Public health, Rural poverty

Access to family planning in Senegal can stem infanticide and abortion

March 8, 2018by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

The Lancet March 8, 2018 In a jail in Senegal, a woman is imprisoned, convicted with infanticide. Access to family planning could help to prevent this societal woe. Amy Yee […]

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Africa, Public health, Rural poverty, Women & Children

A Mission to Stop Genital Cutting

November 10, 2017by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

New York Times International November 9, 2017 KEUR SIMBARA, Senegal — Demba Diawara is an unlikely advocate for women’s rights. The imam, now in his 80s, has lived all his […]

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Africa, Education, Public health, Women & Children

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