Leave Bats Alone By Sharon Atieno Though bats have been linked to various diseases globally including Ebola, Marburg, Nipah, Hendra, Middle East respiratory coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and COVID-19 among others, human interference in most instances have contributed significantly to these transmissions. Speaking during a Media for Environment, Science, Health and Agriculture (MESHA) biodiversity café in Nairobi, […]

Decontamination Plants to Boost Kenya’s Fight against Aflatoxin With aflatoxin, a cancer-causing substance, contaminating grains and posing a serious concern for food safety and trade, Kenya has received two state-of-the-art decontamination plants to deal with the issue. The facilities worth CA$ 1.6 million (approximately Ksh190 million) were handed over to the National Cereals and Produce […]

Kenya: Regional Hub Launched to Reduce Health Inequities in Africa By Gift Briton With more than five in ten people still lacking access to health care, the establishment of VillageReach’s Africa regional hub in Nairobi, Kenya is expected to optimize the organization’s efforts to reduce health inequities in the continent. VillageReach is a global nonprofit […]