Archive for February 2022

Using Digital Innovations to End Teenage Pregnancies

Feb 18th, 2022 | By
[Figure 1 A mobiliser enrolling girls on the Tiko platform]

By Joshua Mirondo, youth writer for Transition Earth. At the age of 19, Martha (not her real name) is living with a mental disability in Uganda’s Odia, Arua district. She is a mother of two children, a 9-year-old and 4-year-old. Martha has no idea of who their fathers are and neither do the people with
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First, Do No Harm: A Common Commitment for Planet Earth

Feb 13th, 2022 | By
Photo by Mohamed Nohassi on Unsplash

By Geoffrey Holland, writer for Transition Earth. Do no harm. This is an axiom first illuminated in the Hippocratic oath that originated in Greece in the 5th century BCE. It has mostly applied since then as a pledge taken by medical professionals to affirm their commitment to the good care of the patient’s they treat.
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