March 2022 – Page 3 – Science Africa

Kenya to Curb Yellow Fever Outbreak through Vaccinations

By Mary Hearty Since Yellow Fever is a viral hemorrhagic disease which still has no specific anti-viral drug that can effectively treat it, the Kenyan Ministry of Health plans to roll out vaccines in the high risk counties. This includes Isiolo County and the neighboring counties of Wajir, Garissa, Marsabit, Meru, Samburu, Baringo, Elgeyo-Marakwet, West-Pokot, […]

Moderna to Set Up US$ 500M Vaccine Facility in Kenya

By Sharon Atieno Kenya is set to be the first country in Africa to host a messenger RNA vaccine facility. This is as a result of a memorandum of understanding between the Kenyan government and Moderna, a global biotech company. The company will invest about US$ 500M in the establishment of the facility which is […]

Global Call for Countries to Reduce Antimicrobial Pollution

By Gift Briton With drug-resistant diseases contributing to nearly five million deaths every year, global leaders and experts have called on all countries to urgently establish and implement policies and regulation to reduce antimicrobial pollution as this would help in combating the growing levels of drug resistance and protecting the environment. The Global Leaders Group(GLG) on Antimicrobial […]

Alarm as Obesity , Overweight Cases Increases in Africa

By Mary Hearty By the end of next year, one in five adults and one in ten children and teenagers in 10 high-burden African countries are likely to be obese if robust prevention measures are not taken to reverse the trend, a new World Health Organization (WHO) analysis on obesity reveals. The analysis finds that the […]

Environmental Data System to Mark UNEP’s 50 Years

By Aziza Atieno In a bid to enable easy access of quality and validated information on environmental data, the United Nations Environmental Programme(UNEP) has launched the World Environmental Situation Room(WESR). Celebrating the milestones made by UNEP, the WESR is a federated data system which was designed as a UNEP at 50 initiative for the next […]

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UNEA 5: World Edges Closer to Ending Plastic Pollution

By Sharon Atieno As the three-day United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) meeting concluded, it brought the world closer to beating plastic pollution with nations endorsing a resolution to deal with the issue while committing to develop a legally binding document by 2024. The historic resolution, titled “End Plastic Pollution: Towards an internationally legally binding instrument” is made […]

Kenya Likely to Experience Heavy Rainfall in April

By Mary Hearty In the next three months, Kenya is most likely to experience enhanced rainfall, with most parts of the country expecting more intense rainfall in April. However, in the Coastal strip, the rainfall peak is expected in May. This is according to the Kenya Metrological Department (KMD) weather outlook for March-April-May 2022 long […]

IPCC Report: Need to Accelerate Positive, Sustainable Adaptation Practices

By Sharon Atieno With the latest Intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) report showing that despite efforts to reduce risks, human-induced climate change causes dangerous and widespread disruption in nature affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, countries have been urged to accelerate positive and sustainable adaptation practices. Dr. Joseph Mutemi, Scientist, […]

Rarely-used Antibiotic shows Promise for Neonatal Sepsis

By Clifford Akumu A safe dose of an antibiotic rarely used in infants admitted in hospitals, could be used to treat babies with neonatal sepsis signaling a major boost to cut infant mortality rates in the country,a study finds. Researchers say they conducted the trial to determine which dose to use or safety of the […]