75 Million Farmers to Benefit from CABI’s New Initiative on Pest Management By Gift Briton With agricultural extension services becoming increasingly weak in several countries globally, the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI) is running a new programme expected to empower over 75 million smallholder farmers globally with the knowledge and skills to manage pests by […]

Nairobi Hosts Conference on Brain Health Disparities in Low-and Middle-Income Countries By Whitney Akinyi A groundbreaking conference, themed ‘Healing the Brain: Bridging the Gap in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs),’ has commenced in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, bringing together mental health experts and neuroscientists from around the world. The four-day event, organized by the Brain and Mind […]

HIV: Kenya Making Strides in Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission By Joyce Chimbi Motivated by her life experiences – having been infected with HIV/Aids at 19 years, diagnosed with the virus at 29 years, and delivering her first baby at 32 years who later passed on six months later from pneumonia in 2009 – Margaret Odera […]

Nairobi: Negotiators Urged to Advance Plastic Pollution Draft to Global Plan By Sharon Atieno As the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on Plastic Pollution converges in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, for the third round of negotiations, they have been urged to move the Zero draft into a global plan to tackle plastic pollution. The Zero draft is a draft […]