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Abdullahi Tsanni

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Boston, United States
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Bridging the communications divide: Fighting COVID-19 misinformation using local languages - Nige...

Bridging the communications divide: Fighting COVID-19 misinformation using local languages - Nige...

By Abdullahi Tsanni (Lead Writer) When the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared COVID - 19 a global pande…

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Bolstering Africa's coronavirus detection efforts

Bolstering Africa's coronavirus detection efforts

I study microbial diseases such as COVID-19, Lassa fever and Ebola. My research team at Redeemer's University…

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African scientists leverage open hardware

African scientists leverage open hardware

A 2018 article in the journal HardwareX details "an open source hardware setup to measure locomotor activity …

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Scaling rocky heights to learn a plant's survival secrets

Scaling rocky heights to learn a plant's survival secrets

Rose A. Marks abseils down South African cliffs to understand how the 'resurrection' plant stays alive for ye…

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‘We’re failing newborns’: The global push to reduce infant deaths is losing steam

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By Abdullahi Tsanni
| Science Magazine
In 2015, as part of its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the United Nations set an ambitious target for the world: Bring down neonatal deaths to 12 per 1000 live births or fewer by 2030. But with only 4 years to go, more than 60 countries are well off track. In Kenya, for example, neonatal mortality, defined as a baby dying within the first month of life, has declined by just one death per 1000 live births—from 22 to 21—since 2014.
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Guinea-Bissau suspends US-funded vaccine trial as African scientists question its motives

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By Abdullahi Tsanni
| Nature
Guinea-Bissau will implement a universal birth-dose policy for the Hepatitis B vaccine in 2027.Credit: Enrique Lopez-Tapia/Nature Picture Library/Alamy Lire en français Public-health authorities in Guinea-Bissau say that they have suspended a controversial US-funded hepatitis B vaccine study that has raised questions about who has authority over clinical research conducted in Africa conducted by research teams from other countries.
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How to cool down African homes-and keep mosquitoes out

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By Abdullahi Tsanni
| Science Magazine
$ Please enter a valid amount Email: Please enter a valid email Country: I also wish to receive emails from AAAS/Science and Science advertisers, including information on products, services and special offers which may include but are not limited to news, careers information & upcoming events. Support nonprofit science journalism Amid the unprecedented upheaval in U.S. science, hard-hitting, trustworthy reporting has never been more important.
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