August 2022 – Page 2 – Science Africa

25 Aug, 22

Global Warming to Reduce Kelp Forests’ Capacity to Store Carbon

Global Warming to Reduce Kelp Forests’ Capacity to Store Carbon By Sharon Atieno Despite kelp forests- a type of seaweed forests found along temperate and polar coastlines- being able to capture and store large amounts of carbon from the atmosphere, ocean warming could reduce this capacity, thus increasing the effects of climate change. This is […]

New HIV Treatment Option For Tackling Drug Resistance in the Pipeline

New HIV Treatment Option For Tackling Drug Resistance in the Pipeline By Mary Hearty The European Commission has granted Marketing Authorization for Sunlenca® (lenacapavir), a new treatment option in the form of injection and tablets for people with HIV infection, whose virus no longer effectively responds to their current therapy. The new treatment is used in combination […]

Ebola Outbreak Declared in DRC

Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has declared a resurgence of Ebola, following confirmation of one case in the country’s eastern province of North Kivu. Analyses showed that the recent case reported in Beni, a town located in North Kivu was genetically linked to the 2018-2020 Ebola outbreak in North Kivu […]

25 Aug, 22

African Health Ministers Adopt New Strategy to Address Severe Noncommunicable Diseases

African Health Ministers Adopt New Strategy to Address Severe Noncommunicable Diseases By Sharon Atieno African health ministers have endorsed a new strategy to boost access to the diagnosis, treatment and care of severe noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). The strategy known as PEN-PLUS, A Regional Strategy to Address Severe Noncommunicable Diseases at First-Level Referral Health Facilities was […]

25 Aug, 22

NTDs: Togo Awarded for Eliminating Four Diseases

NTDs: Togo Awarded for Eliminating Four Diseases By Gift Briton Togo has received an excellent award after becoming the first country worldwide to eliminate four Neglected Tropical Diseases(NTDs) over the last decade. Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbé received the trophy and certificate during the 72nd session of the World Health Organization(WHO) regional committee for Africa happening […]

Sunny, Dry Conditions Expected in Most Parts of Kenya

Sunny, Dry Conditions Expected in Most Parts of Kenya By Willy Ngumbi Though most parts of Kenya are likely to be sunny and dry throughout the week, rainfall is expected over some parts of the Highlands West of the Rift Valley, the Lake Victoria Basin, the Central Rift Valley, the Coast and the Highlands East […]

25 Aug, 22

Rhino Poaching, Illegal Trade Declining

Rhino Poaching, Illegal Trade Declining By Sharon Atieno Globally, rhino poaching has been decreasing since 2018, a new report finds. According to the report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Special Survival Commission(SSC) African and Asian Rhino Specialist Groups and TRAFFIC, rhino poaching rates in Africa have declined by 3% from 2015 […]

23 Aug, 22

Africa: Financing among Interventions Crucial in Improving Health Sector

Africa: Financing among Interventions Crucial in Improving Health Sector By Sharon Atieno Though Africa bears a high burden of diseases worsened by natural disasters such as droughts and flooding, financial investment and other interventions are crucial in improving the health sector. According to Minata Samate Cessouma, African Union (AU) Commissioner for health, humanitarian affairs and […]

Women’s Participation in Capacity Building Activities, key to Increasing Technology Adoption

Women’s Participation in Capacity Building Activities, key to Increasing Technology Adoption By Gift Briton Enrolling women farmers in capacity-building, extension services and dissemination programs can significantly increase the overall adoption of agricultural innovations. This is according to the latest research by International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) focusing on how to […]

WHO: Monkeypox not Exclusively Spread through Sexual Interaction

WHO: Monkeypox not Exclusively Spread through Sexual Interaction By Mary Hearty The World Health Organization (WHO) has clarified that the monkeypox virus is not exclusively spread through sexual interaction, instead it is spread through contact which occurs in different forms such as shaking hand, hugs, direct contact with contaminated objects, among others. Speaking during a […]