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Monitoring of Clinical Trials on COVID-19 Herbal Remedies in Africa Ongoing

Monitoring of Clinical Trials on COVID-19 Herbal Remedies in Africa Ongoing By Joyce Ojanji The world health organization (WHO) is currently working with eight African countries to monitor clinical trials of traditional medicine –based therapeutics proposed for COVID-19. The countries include Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Madagascar, Uganda, and Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC). It stated that […]

Monkeypox: Use Condom, WHO Says

Monkeypox: Use Condom, WHO Says By Winniecynthia Awuor Even though there is no scientific evidence on whether monkeypox is sexually transmitted, the world health organization (WHO) has advised those at risk to use condoms as a prevention measure against the disease. This is according to Dr. Rosamund Lewis, the WHO’s lead on monkeypox who observed […]

01 Sep, 22

Kenya: Undernutrition, Food Insecurity Cause for Concern in Bungoma County

Kenya: Undernutrition, Food Insecurity Cause for Concern in Bungoma County By Michelle Treezer Jane and Judy,2, look frightened when they see me and soon, they start wailing loudly one after the other. Their loud cries fill the one-bedroom house. They are sitting on the floor, unable to crawl away. They can neither stand nor walk. […]

01 Sep, 22

New Innovation for Diagnosing Sleeping Sickness in Animals

New Innovation for Diagnosing Sleeping Sickness in Animals By Mary Hearty Researchers from the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) have developed a much needed non-invasive, rapid, affordable, efficient and easy method to diagnose African animal trypanosomiasis, commonly referred to as sleeping sickness. In a paper published recently in Frontiers in Microbiology journal, […]

Half of Health Care Facilities Lack Basic Hygiene Services, Report Says

Half of Health Care Facilities Lack Basic Hygiene Services, Report Says By Mary Hearty Half of health care facilities globally lack basic hygiene services with water and soap or alcohol-based hand rub where patients receive care and at toilets in these facilities, according to the latest Joint Monitoring Program (JMP) report by the World Health […]

US$ 7.2 Million Grant to Combat Health Misinformation, Increase COVID-19 Vaccination

US$ 7.2 Million Grant to Combat Health Misinformation, Increase COVID-19 Vaccination By Willy Ngumbi In today’s information ecosystem, accurate health information is not getting through to everyone, everywhere. The viral spread of mis-information and disinformation has been widely acknowledged as a major and growing threat to public safety and to effective pandemic response. In Response […]

COP 27: Developed Countries Urged to Honor their Financial Commitments

COP 27: Developed Countries Urged to Honor their Financial Commitments By Mary Hearty With less than 70 days to the twenty-seventh Conference of Parties (COP27) in Egypt, developed countries have been urged to honor their commitments for Africa to provide means for implementation of all the objectives of the Paris Agreement, especially to substantially reduce […]

Africa: Finance among the Barriers to Implementation of Climate Action

Africa: Finance among the Barriers to Implementation of Climate Action By Winniecynthia Awuor Although Africa has the potential to implement climate action, various challenges such as finance still pose a hindrance to climate action and climate change response as of now. This is according to the Commonwealth secretary General Patricia Janet Scotland who was speaking […]

30 Aug, 22

AFIDEP to Launch Media Award for Promoting African-Led Reporting on Emerging Health Technologies

AFIDEP to Launch Media Award for Promoting African-Led Reporting on Emerging Health Technologies By Mary Hearty The African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) through the Platform for Dialogue and Action on Health Technologies in Africa (Health Tech Platform), will officially launch the Emerging Health Technologies Media Award of Excellence on 31 August 2022, to reward […]

WHO Recommends Use of Two Antibodies against Ebola

WHO Recommends Use of Two Antibodies against Ebola By Winniecynthia Awuor The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended the use of two monoclonal antibody treatments against Ebola, as its use combined with better care has demonstrated clear benefits in reducing death by about 60% to date. The organization also calls on the global community to […]