Africa: Facilitate Personalized Medicine for Equitable Health, Scientists Say By Mary Hearty Africa continues to experience a comparatively high burden of diseases, especially in infectious diseases such as malaria, HIV and non-communicable diseases, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). It is estimated that these problems affect approximately one billion people which leads to about […]

Global ‘Blue Deal’ Needed to Protect, Invest in Oceans By Sharon Atieno With an estimated economy of up to $6 trillion, a global trade, investment and innovation “Blue Deal” is crucial to sustainably use the world’s oceans. This is according to a new United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) report dubbed Trade and […]

COVID-19 not a Global Health Emergency By Fidelis Rukwaro Following a recommendation made by the World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Committee for COVID-19, the disease will no longer be categorized as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). A PHEIC is declared when an emergency is “serious, sudden, unusual or unexpected” with its effects going beyond the affected […]

Global Initiative to Supplement Healthy Vegetable Production in Kenya, Ethiopia By Mary Hearty The Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI) has collaborated with the World Vegetable Center and SNVNetherlands Development Organisation to promote healthy vegetable production and consumption in Kenya and Ethiopia. This is through the ‘Veggies 4 Planet & People (V4P&P)’ initiative, a €6m five-year […]

30 Tons of Medical Supplies Delivered to Sudan By Joyce Ojanji To help address the current Sudan conflict resulting in health crisis, the World Health Organization (WHO) in partnership with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have delivered 30 tons of urgent medical supplies to the country. This include supplies for injury treatment, emergency surgeries, and […]

CSOs Urged to Spearhead Progress in Achieving Hand Hygiene Goals By Gift Briton As the world commemorates hand hygiene day on May 5th, the World Health Organization(WHO) has encouraged civil society organizations (CSOs) to spearhead and accelerate effective hand hygiene practices in communities and healthcare facilities. According to WHO most healthcare-associated infections are preventable through good hand hygiene practices […]

Sudan: Conflict Resulting in Health Crisis By Gift Briton The fierce fighting in Sudan has put the country’s health system in a crisis and as a result, the number of patients requiring critical care but having no access to health facilities and treatment has significantly increased. The closure of more than 70% of the hospitals […]