Africa Agriculture - Nutrition | Health | Science - Education Drumstick tree can provide Africa with clean water
afrol News, 5 March - Moringa oleifera, also known as the drumstick tree, could be the almost cost free solution to provide millions of Africans with clean water. A simple technique can make its seeds into an effective water purification remedy.
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World | Africa Economy - Development | Health | Society Study reveals sub-standard malaria medicines in Africa
afrol News, 8 February - The first results from a large-scale study of key antimalarial medicines in ten Sub-Saharan African countries have revealed that a high percentage of medicines circulating on national markets are of substandard quality and thus may contribute to the growth of drug-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum, the most virulent form of malaria.
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