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one of the nairobi is home to one of the largest dump sites, not only in kenya but also east africa. although it was declared a full 20 years ago, over 800 tonnes of garbage is still dumped on this sprawling 30 acre site every day. and in recent years, an increasing proportion of this is e—waste. men, women and even children scour the stacks of waste for discarded electronics. breaking them apart for their motherboards, batteries, wiring, anything that can be resold for parts. it has become an important income stream in what is a desperately deprived area. i have come to this part of the dump site to meet an e—waste collector. there are thousands of people who work here in the dump site and it is a dangerous environment to work in.
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stanley is one of them. translation: stanley is one of them. tuna/mom- stanley is one of them. translation: ~ ., ., ., ., , translation: we get a lot of e-waste here as ou translation: we get a lot of e-waste here as you can — translation: we get a lot of e-waste here as you can see. _ translation: we get a lot of e-waste here as you can see. we _ translation: we get a lot of e-waste here as you can see. we find _ translation: we get a lot of e-waste here as you can see. we find items - here as you can see. we find items like motherboards. we repair some of the motherboards and others we just use as replacement parts. anything we can't use, we sailed to chinese traders. there are many buyers e—waste materials. the e—waste is not easily found. the items are few and the buyers are many, so the price shoots up. we sell the e—waste by the kilo, traders pay 1500 shillings which is about $6 per kilo. . . shillings which is about $6 per kilo. ., , ., ~ shillings which is about $6 per kilo. .,, ., ~ ., , kilo. he has worked on the dump since 2002 _ kilo. he has worked on the dump since 2002 and _ kilo. he has worked on the dump since 2002 and as _ kilo. he has worked on the dump since 2002 and as a _ kilo. he has worked on the dump since 2002 and as a single - kilo. he has worked on the dump. since 2002 and as a single parent, says he has no other choice. translation: it says he has no other choice. translation:— says he has no other choice. translation: , ., ., , ., ~ translation: it is dangerous work but we have — translation: it is dangerous work but we have to _ translation: it is dangerous work but we have to do _ translation: it is dangerous work but we have to do it. _ translation: it is dangerous work but we have to do it. if— translation: it is dangerous work but we have to do it. if we - translation: it is dangerous work but we have to do it. if we don't, i but we have to do it. if we don't, we will go hungry. but we have to do it. if we don't, we will go hungry-— but we have to do it. if we don't, we will go hungry. people don't have
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access to any — we will go hungry. people don't have access to any protective _ we will go hungry. people don't have access to any protective gear, - we will go hungry. people don't have access to any protective gear, they l access to any protective gear, they are exposed to toxic chemicals such as lead, mercury and cadmium. these chemicals can leach into local water supplies and noxious fumes inhaled when any unwanted e—waste is burned. but while kenya only recycles 1% of its e—waste, this is far from but while kenya only recycles 1% of its e—waste, this is farfrom being just a kenyan or an african problem. for example, north america only recycles about 15% of its e—waste. while the informal and partial recycling of electronic waste has been the status quo in kenya for decades, one organisation is hoping to change that. some of the waste from landfills, like the one we saw earlier, ends up in e—waste centres such as this one. i am here to find out what the process is when the waste gets here.
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well, i'm here to find out what the process is when the waste gets here. the waste electrical and electronics equipment centre collects and recycles a variety of e—waste, ranging from computers and phones to solar panels and refrigerators. at its nairobi headquarters, these are then channelled to the relevant workshop. in one, technicians test and refurbish laptops and tablets so they can be used again. and any device or appliance deemed beyond repair is sent to the dismantling room to be stripped for usable parts. and in another room, hundreds of batteries are upcycled, saving them from contaminating the soil in dumpsites like dandora. at the moment, we are able to receive 240 tonnes - of used per year, though- we have the capacity to process 200 tonnes per month, _ which means we are performing way, way, way below capacity. the e—waste that is produced - is as a result of electronic devices that have been imported to this country. -
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some of them are coming as good devices that are able _ to last for a long time, - others a very short life span. we also have other devices that are coming to the country- through illegal channels. they do not go through the required tests. - but of course, we also have - electronic devices coming to this country disguised as donations. you can't use them for more than even two months. - but despite these hurdles and the prediction that the amount of global e—waste could double by 2050, joseph hopes that organisations such as his could start to make a positive difference. but what difference that could have on the livelihoods of people like stanley who rely on dumps like dandora to survive is now uncertain. translation: i've been able to open a repair shop - with the money i've made here, so i will keep going. i will only stop working when my body gives up.
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that was michael. and we're staying in kenya now to look at the issue of maternal health. yeah, yasmin morgan—griffiths has been looking at attempts to widen access to vital health care in remote parts of the country. a woman dies every two minutes due to complications in pregnancy or childbirth. the majority of all maternal deaths are in sub—saharan africa. and in kenya, the problem is actually getting worse. 70% of the population lives in remote rural areas where they're cut off from life—saving infrastructure. not all mums are able to access the right kind of care, transport — getting to the hospital is always an issue. we don't have enough health care workers for the population.
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big problems, i would say. not all maternal health clinics across kenya are as well—equipped or as well—staffed as this one in nairobi. but it's hoped the technology being trialled here could help ensure that more mothers—to—be get access to potentially life—saving treatment. this is janefer�*s first glimpse of her baby. the legs. oh, wow. ultrasound scans like these play a key role in ensuring a pregnancy goes smoothly. unfortunately, there's been some bumps in the road forjanefer. last month, i had a complication. i had a discharge. she was advised to go straight to hospital to get checked out. i was scared. yeah, i was scared. i was like, "maybe i'm losing the baby or something." -
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luckily, janefer and her baby are both fine, but she also had problems in her previous pregnancy. i had to go for caesarean section. and did your doctors tell you that it could have been prevented if you'd had an ultrasound earlier? yeah, they said it could have been prevented. l where you live, is it difficult to get an ultrasound during your pregnancy? it's quite expensive and you have | to go for a long distance to get it. jacaranda health, the organisation that runs this clinic, has partnered with tech giant google to trial a solution that could help save lives. this ultrasound probe sends video output to a tablet or smartphone, making this system cheaper and much more portable than traditional ultrasound scanners. artificial intelligence then interprets the image without the need for a sonographer. the information that i'll get here will help me to save the life
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of a mother and also save the life of the foetus. i've come to google's offices in nairobi to find out more about how their ai models are being developed and how people who aren't sonographers can be trained to use it. if this technology is intended to be so easy that you could train anybody to do it, do you think that i could have a go? i think you definitely could. first, i need to measure the size of the bump and apply my ultrasound gel. i need to do six sweeps over the abdomen, and the app gives me instructions for every step of the process. the ai models then analyse the image. they give two vital pieces of information. the gestational age — that's how many weeks old the foetus is — and the foetal position, or the direction the foetus is facing inside the uterus. we're not trying to replace sonographers. humans are very important to providing care, and wejust want to give them additional tools
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in their toolset. you know, obviously, we've done this on a model that is created for training purposes. are there challenges to doing this on real human beings who might vary from each other? the models were trained on thousands of patients from different backgrounds, and so the model's seen a lot of different variations. but google needs to collect an even greater diversity of patient data to ensure the system can work for as many people as possible. around 100 scans have been collected in clinical settings in kenya so far. a lot more than that will be needed before the system is ready for routine use. although the research is still in its early stages, jacaranda health hopes the trial marks the beginning of better days for maternal health in kenya. 10% of mums in rural kenya have access to ultrasound services. if this is available, it will definitely be a game—changer.
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and that's all we've got time for on the short version of click. the full length version is waiting for you right now on iplayer. we shall be back next week. thanks for watching. hello there. once again, it's been another week that's been dominated by some wet weather at times, but when we have had the sunshine, it's felt pleasant enough. and some of us on friday had a beautiful scene, just like carmarthenshire. hope you made the most of it, though, because particularly out to the west, the start of the weekend looks decidedly unsettled, with more wet
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and windy weather arriving. ahead of it, we'll see quite a lot of cloud, and the cloud thick enough for a spot or two of light drizzle that'll be easing away from north—east england and eastern scotland. misty, murky conditions behind, and then some heavy rain by the middle part of the afternoon. so a west—east divide as we go through the day. some of the rain will be quite heavy, still quite mild with it, 1a degrees. and you can see across southeast england and east of the pennines, we may well continue to see some brief glimpses of sunshine. but the rain through wales, stretching up through north—west england, northern ireland and western scotland will turn increasingly heavy, accompanied by gusts of winds potentially around a0 mph. a little bit fresher as well into the north—east of scotland, but generally that mild theme set to continue. now, as we go through saturday evening and into the early hours of sunday morning, our weather front will continue to sink its way steadily south and east. the heaviest of the rain is likely to be now through the midlands and down towards southeast england, and that's going to take its time to clear.
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so during the early hours of sunday morning, expect a spell of wet weather. that'll probably still be there across east anglia and southeast england for early birds on sunday, but it will start to ease away through the middle part of the morning. a few scattered showers tucking in behind, and then sunday generally will be a case of sunny spells, a few isolated showers and still relatively mild for this stage in february, 10—14 degrees the high. now, as we move out of sunday into the new working week, once again we will see spells of wet weather at times. brief drier interludes to follow, but by the middle part of the week, we'll see a spell of particularly wet and windy weather right across the country. and that will have an impact on the feel of the weather. we'll lose that mild south—westerly flow, a north—westerly returns, cooler story for all from midweek onwards. so planning ahead, might be a mild, relatively sunny start, but it'll be wet and windy through the middle part of the week and then colder air to follow behind.
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live from washington. this is bbc news. there continues to be international outcry over the death of alexei navalny. his wife has called forjustice for thoes responsible. i am asking all people here, all international communities to unite and help to punish this regime in russia. in moscow, supporters lay flowers to pay
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their respects to navalny. 0ther vigils have been held around the world. and in other news, a new yorkjudge orders donald trump to pay more than 350—million dollars for inflating the value of his assets. russia's most prominent opposition leader, alexey navalny, has died in prison, according to the country's prison service. his death has sparked shock, outrage, and grief around the world. known as president vladmir putin's most vociferous critic, mr navalny was recognized internationally for risking his own life to stand up to mr putin's regime.his cause of death is not yet his cause of death is not yet known. many world leaders on friday condemned the russian president for navalny�*s death, and for the years navalny had spent in prison while his condition deteriorated. make no mistake. vladimir putin is responsible for alexei navalny�*s death. what has happened to him is proof of
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putin's brutality.— happened to him is proof of putin's brutality. this should make it clear _ putin's brutality. this should make it clear to _ putin's brutality. this should make it clear to us _ putin's brutality. this should make it clear to us the -

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