Education Health Where does Nigeria rank based on human capital the average child can expect to achieve? Source World Bank Human Capital Index Short answer Where does Nigeria rank based on human capital the average child can expect to achieve? The World Bank’s Human Capital Index measures “the amount of human capital that a child born today can expect to attain by age 18”. It expresses this as a value between zero and one. An economy in which the average worker achieves both full health and full education potential will score a... Back Full answer
Covid-19 Health When is someone with Covid-19 considered to have recovered? Source Meedan Digital Health Lab Short answer When is someone with Covid-19 considered to have recovered? There isn’t a single definition of recovery. According to a team of global health experts at the Meedan Digital Health Lab, a review of Covid-19 recovery guidelines shows that two criteria are common when determining if a patient has recovered: the patient no longer has symptoms and the p... Back Full answer
Elections & political parties Can the two-term limit for a Zimbabwean president be extended? Source Zimbabwean constitution Short answer Can the two-term limit for a Zimbabwean president be extended? Yes, it would require two-thirds of the votes in Parliament and a popular majority through a referendum. But such a constitutional amendment cannot benefit a sitting president.More: No, Mnangagwa cannot legally extend his tenure beyond two terms... Back Full answer
Elections & political parties Is Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang the first female vice-presidential candidate for a major political party in Ghana? Source Dubawa fact check Short answer Is Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang the first female vice-presidential candidate for a major political party in Ghana? Opoku-Agyemang’s party, the NDC, has since 1992 been considered one of the two leading political parties in Ghana. Prior to the announcement of her candidacy, the party has had only male running mates for the presidential elections.While there have been a number of female running mates for other p... Back Full answer
#YouAsked Elections & political parties Who actually wrote the Freedom Charter? Source Crime and Social Justice journal article Short answer Who actually wrote the Freedom Charter? In 1953, Professor ZK Matthews, then leader of the ANC in the Cape, proposed that a Congress of the People be convened to draw up a Freedom Charter. The Freedom Charter was adopted in 1955 by the Congress of the People – a gathering of more than 2,800 delegates, representing numerous organisati... Back Full answer
#YouAsked Health Is Ebola from Africa? Source World Health Organization Short answer Is Ebola from Africa? Ebola virus disease is a deadly disease that affects mostly people and non-human primates such as monkeys and chimpanzees, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains. Symptoms include fever, diarrhoea, body aches and “unexplained bleeding”. According to the World Health Org... Back Full answer
#YouAsked Health Does the cervical cancer vaccine cause infertility? Source World Health Organization Short answer Does the cervical cancer vaccine cause infertility? Cervical cancer develops in the cervix, which “attaches the uterus to the vagina”. The World Health Organization says cervical cancer is almost always linked to sexually transmitted human papillomaviruses (HPV). The fear that HPV vaccines could cause infertility has been linked to the low sha... Back Full answer
Covid-19 Health Has Nigeria developed a Covid-19 vaccine? Source Research team leader Dr Oladipo Kolawole Short answer Has Nigeria developed a Covid-19 vaccine? No, a group of researchers held a press conference to announce that they had developed a potential vaccine candidate. It will take months to determine if it’s effective. More: No, Nigeria hasn’t found Covid-19 vaccine yet – but hunt is on ... Back Full answer
#YouAsked Covid-19 Health Are there fewer overall deaths in South Africa during the coronavirus pandemic? Source Report on weekly deaths in South Africa (South African Medical Research Council) Short answer Are there fewer overall deaths in South Africa during the coronavirus pandemic? The Burden of Disease Research Unit of the South African Medical Research Council has been using information from the National Population Register and historical data from 2018 and 2019 to estimate the number of deaths that could be expected during 2020. They compare it with deaths registered during... Back Full answer