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Empowering communities to beat malaria

Malaria is a deadly, infectious disease with a complex life cycle. So complex in fact that after many years of research, scientists have still not been able to come up with a definitive solution to eradicate the disease completely.

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Empowering communities to beat malaria

Malaria is a deadly, infectious disease with a complex life cycle. So complex in fact that after many years of research, scientists have still not been able to come up with a definitive solution to eradicate the disease completely.

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South Africa's competitiveness as a tourist destination examined

The South African government recognises the tourism sector's potential to create employment and bring about economic growth, and has prioritised this sector as one of the six core pillars of growth in the countryís New Growth Path framework.

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Turn it down! Your music is damaging your hearing

Through his research, Prof Vinck has already been instrumental in the passing of legislation regulating sound exposure at music festivals in Belgium. He feels very strongly that awareness.

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Capital cities in the spotlight at UP

With most of the world’s population now living in cities and the current rate of urbanization showing no signs of abating, the sustainable management of urban areas has become one of the most important development challenges of our time.

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Research provides new perspective on Christianity in Africa and Asia

A research project on indigenous Christian elites in Asia and Africa is in the spotlight with a lecture series on the topic presented by Prof Koschorke, an eminent historian of world Christianity from LM University Munich and author of numerous scholarly publications.