Science Africa – Page 109

12 Aug, 22

AATF Apoints New Manager for PBR Cowpea Project

AATF Apoints New Manager for PBR Cowpea Project Dr. Jean Baptiste De La Salle Tignegre is the new manager of the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF)’s Pod Borer Resistant Cowpea (PBR) project being implemented in Nigeria, Ghana, and Burkina Faso. Dr. Baptiste, a Burkinabé, joined AATF on August 1, 2022, from the World Vegetable Centre, […]

12 Aug, 22

South Africa: Tourists, Locals not Receptive to Trophy Hunting

South Africa: Tourists, Locals not Receptive to Trophy Hunting Sharon Atieno Though the government views regulated and sustainable hunting as an important conservation tool in managing wildlife in South Africa, majority of tourists and locals disagree, a new survey finds. South Africa is the second largest exporter of trophies of Convention on International Trade in […]

Gender Parity Still a Challenge in African Countries

Gender Parity Still a Challenge in African Countries By Treezer Michelle Women have made significant steps in leadership globally but those milestones are measured in micro- steps in Sub-Saharan Africa which records as little as an estimated one percent increase in women’s leadership annually. Despite this slow growth, Africa hosts the country with the largest […]

Africa: USD$7.4 Mn Initiative for Health Systems, COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake

Africa: USD$7.4 Mn Initiative for Health Systems, COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake By Joyce Ojanji The Rockefeller foundation has launched the Vaccine Action Network (VAN), a USD$7.4 million locally-led, peer to peer learning initiative to strengthen health systems while scaling up COVID-19 vaccine demand strategies across sub-Saharan Africa. While more than 60 percent of people have been […]

Marburg Virus Outbreak Highly Unlikely to become a Global Pandemic, Expert Says

Marburg Virus Outbreak Highly Unlikely to become a Global Pandemic, Expert Says By Mary Hearty The Marburg disease outbreak currently in Ghana is highly unlikely to evolve into a global pandemic like COVID-19 disease because the root cause of transmission is limited. This is according to Dr Michael Owusu, Clinical Microbiologist and a lecturer at the Department […]

Improved Health Systems Increase Africa’s Life Expectancy

Improved Health Systems Increase Africa’s Life Expectancy By Mary Hearty Africa’s life expectancy has increased from 46 years to 56 years in almost ten years, according to World Health Organization (WHO) assessment report titled: Tracking Universal Health Coverage in the WHO African Region. The WHO reports that the extended healthy life expectancy in the continent […]

Palliative Care changing Lives In Uganda

By Olivia Namaloba Palliative care is giving an extended lease of life for patients with serious illnesses in Hoima district. Even with the pain, patients hang in a little longer and face life with the medicines offered by trained health specialists to cushion the pain. This story was first published in UBC radio–Uganda

New Agreements to Lower Prices of TB Prevention Treatment

New Agreements to Lower Prices of TB Prevention Treatment By Willy Ngumbi Two new pricing agreements that will drastically lower the price of tuberculosis (TB) prevention treatments in 138 low- and middle-income countries have been launched. The new agreements led by Unitaid, MedAccess, Aurum Institute and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) aim to make rifapentine-based TB prevention treatment […]

04 Aug, 22

Kenya: Market Centre Providing Safe Breastfeeding Space for Traders

Kenya: Market Centre Providing Safe Breastfeeding Space for Traders By Peter Oliver Ochieng Until about two years ago, Kibuye, the largest market place in Kisumu, a lake-side city located about 355km from Nairobi, Kenya’s capital was an open air market. Thanks to an urban modernization program being implemented by the county government, blue-iron-roofed structures are sprouting up. […]

04 Aug, 22

‘We have no time to waste,’ Water Activist Urges Urgent Action to Preserve Water Resources

‘We have no time to waste,’ Water Activist Urges Urgent Action to Preserve Water Resources By Fredrick Mugira Water advocate, ultra-marathon runner, and businesswoman Mina Guli has been running in various African countries since mid-June as part of the African leg of the RUN BLUE Campaign, which will see her completing 200 marathons around the […]