Food insecurity in West Africa

What is produced and consumed in West Africa? In the Sahelian zone, millet is the main food crop and consumed. In times of crisis, it is replaced by rice and cassava flour. In the Sudanian…

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Putting a stop to malaria: World Malaria Day

Malaria, transmitted by mosquitoes, killed 409,000 people in 2019 in 87 countries, according to the WHO. Two-thirds of the victims are children under the age of 5. But these figures are probably underestimated, because the…

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World Health Day: For a Fairer and Healthier World

Inequalities in health treatment have continued to increase since the Covid-19 crisis, which highlighted this age-old problem. In the North, vaccination campaigns are intensifying in countries that have had the means to negotiate doses, sometimes…

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