WHO Appoints New Director of Global Malaria Program By Mary Hearty  Dr. Daniel Ngamije Madandi is the new Director of the Global Malaria Programme at World Health Organization, effective 8 April 2023. Dr. Ngamije served as the Rwandan Minister of Health from February 2020 to November 2022. During this time, he led the development and […]

KALRO: New Maize Varieties to Mitigate against Climate, Pests and Diseases By Gift Briton The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation(KALRO), has developed five maize varieties to help maize farmers overcome the challenges of fall armyworm(FAW) pest, maize lethal necrosis(MLN) disease and drought. The five varieties include MLN(SC439), KDH414-12(UKAMEZ), FAWTH2003, FAWTH2002, and FAWTH2001, with the […]

Bio-manufacturing Training Hub to be Established in Kenya By Mary Hearty In an effort to build a thriving biopharma skills base in Kenya and the wider East Africa, the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) and Unizima, an affiliate of Univercells Group, have partnered to establish a Bio-manufacturing Training Hub. This was done at a meeting […]

Africa: Campaign to Improve Nutritional Health in Adolescent Girls Launched By Mary Hearty The African Union Commission and Nutrition International have launched an advocacy campaign known as “With Good Nutrition, She’ll Grow Into It”, dedicated to improving the health, well-being and empowerment of girls in Africa through efforts to prevent iron-deficiency anaemia. The campaign was […]

Targeted Action Needed to Achieve Africa’s Great Green Wall Ambition By Mary Hearty Two years on since the One Planet Summit, 80% of the US$19 billion pledged towards the Great Green Wall Accelerator has been programmed across the 11 African nations that are part of the initiative. However, continued political leadership and country ownership, targeted […]