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Aga Khan Development Network brochure

The Aga Khan Development Network is a group of private, international, non-denominational agencies working to improve living conditions and opportunities for people in specific regions of the developing world. The Network’s organisations have individual mandates that range from the fi elds of health and education to architecture, rural development and the promotion of private-sector enterprise. Together they collaborate in working towards a common goal – to build institutions and programmes that can respond to the challenges of social, economic and cultural change on an ongoing basis. This brochure introduces the Network’s principal agencies and provides an overview of their activities and goals. This publication is also available in French, Arabic and Portuguese.

How to care for your baby’s teeth

Dr Aisha Mohamed, a consultant paediatric dentist at the Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi, talking about oral health in children, says that baby teeth allow children to eat, help with speech development, guide the adult teeth into the correct position and make them smile. Children can suffer from dental-related diseases, causing pain which affects their nutrition, sleep, behaviour and performance at school. Dr Mohamed says children should see a dentist by the age of one, or when the first tooth erupts, whichever comes first. She notes that it is important to create a good foundation for long term oral health.

Bugando receives gear from Aga Khan, AFD

The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) in collaboration with the French Development Agency (AFD) last week handed over a breast cancer screening machine to Bugando Medical Centre (BMC) in Tanzania. The machine was procured under a four-year Tanzania Comprehensive Cancer project which is under the two development agencies, according to the project manager, Dr Harrison Chuwa. “The machine will help in cancer diagnosis to reduce cancer morbidity and mortality in target regions where community health workers will be equipped with education on cancer treatment, develop treatment and conduct cancer research in the country,” said Dr Chuwa.

The Global Convocation Ceremony of the Aga Khan University

Speaker: 
Dr Peter Kalmus
Speech Date: 
Saturday, 26 February 2022 - 7:15pm

“We need to help each other wake up, and quickly. We need a billion climate activists. We need to build a global climate movement that’s even stronger than the fossil fuel industry. We need a huge number of engaged, passionate, courageous climate activists.”

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