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Africa: Climate-Related Health Crisis Worsens as Disease Outbreaks Surge

Africa: Climate-Related Health Crisis Worsens as Disease Outbreaks Surge By Joyce Ojanji The number of reported disease outbreaks and climate-related health emergencies in the greater Horn of Africa has reached their highest level this century, deepening a health crisis in a region where 47 million people are already facing acute hunger, especially due to drought. […]

Asian Mosquito Linked to Ethiopian Outbreak

By Sharon Atieno Experts raise alarm that the malaria landscape in Africa could change as a new study links a mosquito native to South Asia, India and the Persian Gulf specifically, to an urban outbreak of the disease in Ethiopia. The outbreak occurred in Dire Dawa, a city in eastern Ethiopia that typically records only […]

02 Nov, 22

Kenya: Breast Care Centre to Make Breast Cancer Treatment Accessible, Affordable

Kenya: Breast Care Centre to Make Breast Cancer Treatment Accessible, Affordable By Mary Hearty In an effort to make breast cancer treatment more accessible and affordable to patients in Kenya, the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral & Research Hospital (KUTRRH) has launched a Comprehensive Breast Care Centre. The Centre which seeks to intensify screening, diagnostics, and […]

Health-Centered Response to Climate Change Can Still Secure Safe Future

Health-Centered Response to Climate Change Can Still Secure Safe Future By Mary Hearty A health-centered response to the current crises would still provide the opportunity for a low-carbon, resilient future, which not only avoids the health harms of accelerated climate change but also delivers improved health and well-being through the associated co-benefits of climate action. […]

US$ 2.6 Billion to Eradicate Polio

US$ 2.6 Billion to Eradicate Polio By Joyce Ojanji World leaders have committed US$ 2.6 billion to fund the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) program 2022-2026 Strategy to end polio. The pledges were made during the World Health Summit in Berlin at an event co-hosted by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). […]

Kenya Confirms Cholera Outbreak in Six Counties

Kenya Confirms Cholera Outbreak in Six Counties By Tsim Mavisi Kenya confirms Cholera outbreak in six counties including Kiambu, Nairobi, Muranga, Kajiado, Nakuru and Uasin Gishu where 61 cases have been reported. In this regard, the Health Ministry has put all counties on high alert, noting that the ongoing drought situation in the country may worsen the […]

Global Commission to Tackle Discrimination in Health Launched

Global Commission to Tackle Discrimination in Health Launched By Sharon Atieno To promote anti-racist strategies and actions that will reduce barriers to health and well-being facing communities on the basis of race, ethnicity, tribe, caste, gender identity or expression, sex, ability, class, geography or religion, a new O’Neill-Lancet Commission on Racism, Structural Discrimination and Global […]

Over 250 Health Journals Call on World Leaders to Deliver Climate Justice for Africa

Over 250 Health Journals Call on World Leaders to Deliver Climate Justice for Africa By Gift Briton Ahead of the United Nations climate change conference (COP27) taking place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt in November, over 250 health journals across the world have simultaneously published an editorial urging world leaders to deliver climate justice for […]

17 Oct, 22

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Commits $1.2 Billion to Eradicate Polio

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Commits $1.2 Billion to Eradicate Polio By Gift Briton Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a commitment worth $1.2 billion to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) to support efforts to end all forms of polio globally. The foundation which has since contributed nearly $5 billion to GPEI, made this announcement […]

GMO:Supplementary Tool for Enhancing Food Security, Experts Say

GMO:Supplementary Tool for Enhancing Food Security, Experts Say By Mary Hearty The lifting of the ban on genetically modified organisms (GMO) in Kenya has raised concerns especially on health safety. However, biotechnology experts have lauded the move terming the method as an additional option for increasing food security. “We have had many other methods but […]