"Rwanda says digital health systems helped reduce maternal mortality by 30% over the past two years by improving pregnancy monitoring and identifying high-risk cases earlier."
"In the 19th century, exploitation of the animals meant there were fewer than 1,000 Aldabra tortoises left on the island, but a recovery programme led to it becoming a strict nature reserve in 1981 and a Unesco site in 1982.
Researchers are now saying it is one of the greatest conservation success stories of the Indian Ocean..."
"National Public Security System chief Marcela Figueroa presented the latest homicide data, reporting an average of 40.8 homicides per day in August — a 53% drop from September 2024, the final month of the López Obrador administration, and the lowest daily average since Sheinbaum took office.
Least violent August since 2015:Figueroa’s data showed that last month was the least violent August by homicide count in over a decade, down 32.1% from August 2025. The preliminary annualized per capita homicide rate for 2026 is 12.9 per 100,000 people, a 38.6% year-over-year decrease."
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"The black robin now has a population of 350 adults thanks to a pioneering breeding programme"
"Health Minister Robert Kargougou said the total number of recorded malaria cases fell from...2024 to...2025, a decrease of 32%. Over the same period, deaths fell...44%. Among children under five, cases declined by 39%, while mortality fell by more than 40%."
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"Trachoma is the world's leading infectious cause of blindness. Timor-Leste was the last country in WHO’s South-East Asia Region with suspected endemic trachoma. With this validation, trachoma has been eliminated as a public health problem throughout the region."
"Africa installs a record 17 GW of solar in 2026 – three-quarters of it is distributed solar, which is largely invisible"