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11 Apr, 23

Kenya: Climate Change Worsening Malnutrition in Children

Kenya: Climate Change Worsening Malnutrition in Children By Gift Briton Despite numerous ongoing efforts such as the provision of relief food, funds and medication by the government of Kenya, in collaboration with other partner organizations like World Food Programme(WFP), African Medical and Research Foundation(AMREF) and Department for International Development(DFID), to alleviate the nutrition situation in […]

TB: KEMRI Working on New Treatment Solutions

TB: KEMRI Working on New Treatment Solutions By Mary Hearty While earlier research by researchers at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) reduced the treatment period from 18 to 6 months, current research in tuberculosis (TB) is harnessing technology in diagnosis, clinical drugs and vaccine therapeutics towards better and lasting solutions to the disease. Kenya […]

WHO Appoints New Director of Global Malaria Program

WHO Appoints New Director of Global Malaria Program By Mary Hearty Dr. Daniel Ngamije Madandi is the new Director of the Global Malaria Programme at World Health Organization, effective 8 April 2023. Dr. Ngamije served as the Rwandan Minister of Health from February 2020 to November 2022. During this time, he led the development and […]

KALRO: New Maize Varieties to Mitigate against Climate, Pests and Diseases

KALRO: New Maize Varieties to Mitigate against Climate, Pests and Diseases By Gift Briton The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation(KALRO), has developed five maize varieties to help maize farmers overcome the challenges of fall armyworm(FAW) pest, maize lethal necrosis(MLN) disease and drought. The five varieties include MLN(SC439), KDH414-12(UKAMEZ), FAWTH2003, FAWTH2002, and FAWTH2001, with the […]

Bio-manufacturing Training Hub to be Established in Kenya

Bio-manufacturing Training Hub to be Established in Kenya By Mary Hearty In an effort to build a thriving biopharma skills base in Kenya and the wider East Africa, the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) and Unizima, an affiliate of Univercells Group, have partnered to establish a Bio-manufacturing Training Hub. This was done at a meeting […]

Africa: Campaign to Improve Nutritional Health in Adolescent Girls Launched

Africa: Campaign to Improve Nutritional Health in Adolescent Girls Launched By Mary Hearty The African Union Commission and Nutrition International have launched an advocacy campaign known as “With Good Nutrition, She’ll Grow Into It”, dedicated to improving the health, well-being and empowerment of girls in Africa through efforts to prevent iron-deficiency anaemia. The campaign was […]

01 Apr, 23

Plastic Bottle: The Enemy Within

Plastic Bottle: The Enemy Within By Fredrick Mugira, Bertha Challenge Fellow After he had finished drinking his soda, Elioda Nabasa left the used Coca-cola plastic bottle in the pickup truck he was traveling in. Unaware of the presence of the used bottle, Bukenya Robert drove the car to the washing bay in Rwebikoona, Mbarara city, […]

Targeted Action Needed to Achieve Africa’s Great Green Wall Ambition

Targeted Action Needed to Achieve Africa’s Great Green Wall Ambition By Mary Hearty Two years on since the One Planet Summit, 80% of the US$19 billion pledged towards the Great Green Wall Accelerator has been programmed across the 11 African nations that are part of the initiative. However, continued political leadership and country ownership, targeted […]

29 Mar, 23

Floods Expected in Parts of Eastern Africa

Floods Expected in Parts of Eastern Africa By Gift Briton In the next seven days, heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to cause floods in flood-prone areas in the eastern parts of Ethiopia, southwestern and northern Kenya, eastern parts of Burundi and Rwanda, and much of Tanzania. This is according to the Intergovernmental Authority […]

Uganda: New Partnership to Fight Pests, Diseases in Papaya

Uganda: New Partnership to Fight Pests, Diseases in Papaya A new partnership has been established to step up the fight against pests and diseases of papaya in Uganda. The collaboration is between the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI), the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF). As […]