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Improving health through education

In 2004 in Ethiopia, a women's education program was led by the Red Cross International Committee (Comité International de la Croix-Rouge (CICR)) in 15 villages in the Afar region. Men and women from the region's semi-nomadic shepherd societies were chosen within their village to take part in literary classes for 3 months.
Medical training was also organised, based on a program specially adapted for shepherd populations. The students who passed their exams left with professional certificates and medical products which they need for their work in the bush.

Africa still has the strongest demographic growth. By 2050, its population will have doubled to reach 1.9 billion people.

Totalisant à ce jour 922 millions de personnes, la population de l'Afrique croît de 2,3% par an, alors que celle de l'Europe n'augmente que de 0,07%. Bien que le taux de fécondité continue de baisser en Afrique, les femmes ont en moyenne 4,98 enfants, et jusqu'à 7 enfants dans certains pays. Actuellement, 30% de la population souffre de malnutrition. La croissance démographique ne fera qu'accentuer la pression sur l'environnement et les ressources.
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