The global fight against tuberculosis

The global fight against tuberculosis is proving difficult, with the deadly disease spreading as cases go undetected in India and China, the World Health Organization warned Monday.
Tuberculosis killed some 1.7 million people in 2006, and an estimated 9.2 million people were infected that year, the WHO said in its annual report on the disease.
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ICT enables distance learning for students in Africa

How can access to high speed connectivity transform education in Africa? This short film attempts to answer that question by talking to students and professors in Kenya, Burundi and Madagascar.
ICT has the possibility to bring great learning opportunities to Africa, but problems include the lack of sufficient infrastructure and cost limitations. By investing in affordable [...]

Where death by water is part of daily life

Countries such as Bangladesh will be mired in abject poverty and deadly diseases until their people get proper toilets and other sanitation systems, according to this analysis. The United Nations last week began its International Year of Sanitation in an effort to spur progress for the 2.6 billion people around the world who lack access [...]

In West Africa, democracy on the rise

MKFC Stockholm College who is offering e-Learning education in Ghana, Eritrea and Somaliland, for some years now gladly passes on the news about increasing of democracy in Africa.
While much of East Africa is bogged down in violent political conflicts, several countries in West Africa are well on their way to establishing successful democracies. Ghana and [...]

Muhammad Yunus versus Hunger

MKFC Stockholm College has mentioned before about The Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus.

In his new book, “Creating a World without Poverty”, Yunus gives a compelling account of the successful launches of social businesses which is structured on basses as traditional businesses.
Steps, such as names in Yunuses book, should be taken so that we accomplish the first [...]

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