Hannah McNeish
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Kenya issues smart ID cards to protect fishing and forests
Cards aim to make it easier to identify those illegally cutting mangrove forests or poaching fish along Kenya's coast → Read More
Kyrgyzstan's space women blast off from male dominance
Young women are designing Kyrgyzstan's first satellite while ignoring sexist abuse in a giant leap for womankind. → Read More
Cricket-farming hops ahead as Kenyans catch superfood bug
As climate change and population growth make producing enough protein difficult, cricket farming is taking off in Kenya → Read More
Nigerian Women With This Disfiguring Disease Face Pain And Isolation
This article is part of HuffPost’s Project Zero campaign, a yearlong series on neglected tropical diseases and efforts to fight them. AMAOBU, Nigeria ― When Ndidi Ekeanyawu’s husband saw her severely swollen legs, he would turn away. “He gets angry with me when he sees my leg and says it puts him off me,” she said, gingerly raising her long skirt to show hardened scars covering legs twice their… → Read More
Victims Of This Disfiguring Disease 'Feel So Much Pain And Shame'
Nearly half the population of Congo is at risk for elephantiasis, which can produce hugely swollen body parts. → Read More
Victims Of This Disfiguring Disease 'Feel So Much Pain And Shame'
Nearly half the population of Congo is at risk for elephantiasis, which can produce hugely swollen body parts. → Read More
'They Don't Care About Black People Dying In The Bush'
A disease detective calls out the world's apathy toward forgotten illnesses. → Read More
Disease Detective Calls Out World's Apathy Toward Forgotten Illnesses
A disease detective calls out the world's apathy toward forgotten illnesses. → Read More
A Deadly Disease Threatens To Regain Ground Deep In The African Jungle
Congo’s doctors are fighting sleeping sickness with scarce resources and too little support. → Read More
A Deadly Disease Threatens To Regain Ground Deep In The African Jungle
Congo’s doctors are fighting sleeping sickness with scarce resources and too little support. → Read More
He Lost His Sight To A Blinding Parasite. Now It's Coming For His Sons.
Akolio Bosumbuka was on a mission to protect people from this disease. Then he fell victim to it. → Read More
He Volunteered To Help Stop A Blinding Parasite. Then He Lost His Sight.
40 million people in the Congo are at risk of river blindness. → Read More
A Devastating Blinding Disease Is Crippling Communities In Africa, But It’s Easy For The World To Ignore
Some 40 million people in the Congo are at risk. → Read More
A Devastating Blinding Disease Is Crippling Communities In Africa, But It’s Easy For The World To Ignore
Some 40 million people in the Congo are at risk. → Read More
This Eye Infection Blinds Someone Every 15 Minutes, And Women Are Hit Hardest
Women are twice as likely to go blind from it. → Read More
How This Woman's Eyelashes Nearly Blinded Her
She would pay neighbors to pull them out, but they always grew back -- straight into her eye. → Read More
What Happened When This Man Discovered A Worm Crawling Inside His Eye
Ten million people have this disease. But there’s little they can do about it. → Read More
The Disease You Don't Notice
Ten million people have this disease. → Read More
The Warrior Women Fighting to Save Endangered Lions in Kenya
Many Samburu women in Kenya’s north had come to fear lions, but now they’re taking up the conservation cause – and demanding the same training and opportunities as men. → Read More
This Woman Lived In A Cave Without Health Care While A Parasite Ate At Her Face
“People who came to visit me would be scared to see me." → Read More