Nayib Bukele recently won El Salvador’s presidential election, promising to end years of corruption and tainted partisan politics. But who is this ambitious, 37-year-old millionaire who prefers Facebook Live to press conferences? And what does he mean for the future of the troubled Central American country? Doug Specht explains.
Across the world major public health interventions have focussed on women and children. This makes sense given that women, in particular, carry a disproportionate health burden. But there have been some unintended consequences. Kathryn Dovel, Morna Cornell, Sara Yeatman and Stephanie Chamberlin set out why the over-emphasis on women’s health may put both women and men at a disadvantage.
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Nayib Bukele: El Salvador’s new president.
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Doug Specht, University of Westminster
Nayib Bukele is an ambitious 37-year-old, who claims to transcend partisan politics, and who prefers Facebook Live to press conferences.
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Women in Malawi visit clinics many more times in their lives than men.
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Kathryn Dovel, University of California, Los Angeles; Dr Morna Cornell, University of Cape Town; Sara Yeatman, University of Colorado Denver; Stephanie Chamberlin, University of Colorado Denver
Female-centred health services are good, but they may detract from gender equality and men’s health.
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Drones
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Stig Jarle Hansen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Drones are a tool to manage the threat of al-Shabaab, but there's no way they'll defeat the group entirely.
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Ross Harvey, South African Institute of International Affairs
Drone technology plays a vital role in gathering accurate wildlife data. But this alone isn't enough to save Africa's elephants.
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Energy + Environment
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John Childs, Lancaster University
Deep sea mining could supply valuable rare minerals to green technology, but one project in the south-west Pacific is invoking the wrath of local spirits.
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Alastair Lewis, University of York
Filtering air uses lots of energy and concentrates harmful chemicals in landfills.
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Science + Technology
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George Ogola, University of Central Lancashire
Shutting down or controlling access to the internet has become a go-to strategy among some African states who want to control the political narrative.
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Nathan Case, Lancaster University
There are three ways heat can be shared: conduction, convection and radiation. Find out which one lets heat travel through space.
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