Pages tagged “community education”
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Beyond the Classroom: Confronting the Silent Crisis in Women's Literacy
An article from The Economist casts a stark light on an educational paradox: more girls are in school, yet literacy remains elusive in many developing regions. This contradiction exposes the reality that higher enrollment does not guarantee quality learning, signaling a systemic failure in education. As we confront these truths, it's clear that mere gradual improvements cannot rectify the widespread shortfall in women's literacy.
Written by Marcel Heyne
December 14, 2023 -
Trachoma - the number one cause of blindness of infectious disease
Trachoma is an infectious disease that affects the vision and is caused by Chlamydia trachomatis. The route of transmission is via direct contact, flies that have been in contact with an infected person, or sharing clothes. The consequence of trachoma is irreversible blindness - the leading cause of blindness of infectious disease.
Written by Neha Ramjuttun
June 08, 2022 -
Fighting the Stigma of Leprosy with Digital Audio
Leprosy is still a thing. The number of new cases reported globally to the World Health Organization in 2019 was more than 200,000. An estimated 2 to 3 million people are living with leprosy-related disabilities globally. In 2019, the countries with the highest number of new diagnoses were India, Brazil, and Indonesia. Over half of all new cases of leprosy are diagnosed in India, which remains home to a third of the world’s poor, a group disproportionately affected by the disease.
Written by Marcel Heyne
November 04, 2021
