March 2022 – Science Africa

Bt Cotton, Ray of Hope for Kenyan Farmers

Bt Cotton, Ray of Hope for Kenyan Farmers By Patricia Nanteza I couldn’t stop saying wow as we caught the first glimpse of a field covered with what appeared to be white flowers. It seemed huge, but in reality, it was only 2.5 acres of genetically modified Bt cotton. Still, it was big, given that […]

31 Mar, 22

Ruhango District: 65% of Women and 1,600 men under Family Planning

Ruhango District: 65% of Women and 1,600 men under Family Planning By André Gakwaya -Ruhango: Iradukunda Yvette, is a 23-year-old young woman. She lives in Kavumu village, Rwoga cell, in Ruhango sector, Ruhango District. She is in consultation at the Kigoma Health Center to benefit from family planning services. She is married and the mother […]

Countries Relaxing COVID-19 Measures, WHO calls for Vigilance

Countries Relaxing COVID-19 Measures, WHO calls for Vigilance By Gift Briton As most African countries lift and adjust some key COVID-19 control measures, thanks to the significant drop of new cases, the World Health Organization(WHO) warns that this needs to be executed with caution. According to WHO, even though the need to reopen the economy […]

Tobacco Free Farms Launched in Kenya

Tobacco Free Farms Launched in Kenya By Marlene Angir Kenya is the first country to roll out the tobacco free farms project which aims to improve health and livelihoods by shifting farmers from growing tobacco to other sustainable crops. Tobacco farmers and their families are exposed to serious health risks through nicotine absorbed through the skin […]

23 Mar, 22

Kenya: Viruses to Complement Antibiotics in Treatment

Kenya: Viruses to Complement Antibiotics in Treatment By Sharon Atieno Though viruses have been known to cause diseases in human beings and animals, they could be the solution to fighting antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and averting 10 million deaths expected annually by 2050. With the increased cases of antibiotics’ resistance, bacteriophages (phages) – virus that attack […]

23 Mar, 22

Rwanda: GPS, Cooperatives Curb Crime among Boda Bodas

By Steven Nsamaza and John Mugisha Before the advent of the smart metres system, the exact number of taxi-moto operators in Rwanda was unknown with municipality estimating that there were around 37,000 motor riders but only 19, 300 riders who are legally registered. According to Rwanda National Police, most of those unlicensed commercial motorcyclists were […]

Climate Change Threatens African Health Systems

Climate Change Threatens African Health Systems By Mary Hearty If adaptation and mitigation measures are not put in place, the current trend in global warming, could lead to additional burden on the already fragile African health systems, expert cautions. This is according to Dr Adugna Woyessa, Epidemiologist and Public Health Specialist at the Ethiopian Public […]

Africa: 23 Million plus Children Targeted in Mass Polio Vaccination

By Gift Briton More than 80 million oral polio vaccine doses set to be administered on all children below five years in five southern African countries in a bid to stop the spread of the disease outbreak which was first reported in Malawi in February this year. With the support of WHO, the four round vaccination […]

18 Mar, 22

Seedballs Aiding Kenya’s Reforestation Efforts

By Sharon Atieno In Kenya, like other countries in the world, deforestation is the major driver of tree cover loss. So big is this loss that between 2001 to 2020, Kenya lost 11% of its tree cover, about 361 kilo hectares, according to the Global Forest Watch. To solve this problem, Kenya targets to increase […]

Strategies to Advocate for Male Reproductive Health Needed

By Naomi Kitur Healthcare providers should advocate for male reproductive health and encourage health seeking behaviours among the male gender, according to Dr.Lucy Natecho Namusonge, a Public Health expert from the School of Nursing at Kibabii University in Bungoma County. Keen interest has in most cases been taken on reproductive health issues among females, thereby […]