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Vector borne communicable diseases such as malaria pose a significant public health threat in urban clusters. Sprawling cities have been identified as primary malaria transmission hubs. These problems are due to factors such as high population density, increased inward migration, and the creation of urban slums with restricted water supply and poor sanitation. Therefore, it is important to focus on urban clusters for disease surveillance.
As highlighted at the Center for Universal Education’s Annual Research and Policy Symposium at Brookings on April 5, 2017, formal education systems at the global, regional, and national levels acknowledge that for students to be successful in the 21st century they will need a broad range of skills.
As we observe the 3-year mark of Boko Haram’s kidnappings of 276 schoolgirls, and in light of the recent additional kidnappings of 22 girls, we are again reminded of the deepening link between violent extremism and girls and women. We are not the only ones noting these dimensions. The Council on Foreign Relations, a New York based Think Tank, for instance, is asking how women’s participation in conflict prevention can be a mitigating force.
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