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Snake bites Still a Cause for Concern

Snake bites Still a Cause for Concern By Joyce Ojanji Snake bites have been grouped among the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) by the World Health Organization (WHO), as they receive little attention despite their devastating impact on communities. Experts have raised concerns that access to care and systemic inequities have made it worse for victims […]

24 Sep, 24

Gates Foundation Honours Children’s Health and Nutrition Champions

By Daniel Otunge The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation celebrated remarkable leaders advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals) with solutions to keep people healthy and nourished in a rapidly warming world during the Goalkeepers 2024: Recipe for Progress event in New York. The annual event highlighted opportunities to ensure better nutrition so […]

22 Sep, 24

Agroecology Economies Can Halt the Pace of Hunger, Poverty

Agroecology Economies Can Halt the Pace of Hunger, Poverty By Joyce Chimbi Conventional food production models are increasingly vulnerable to climate change and their long commercialization channels often succumb to food waste, energy inefficiency and corporate concentration. Food waste is a market failure where at least $1 trillion worth of food is thrown away every […]

20 Sep, 24

Restoration: African Solutions Best Fit for Continent

Restoration: African Solutions Best Fit for Continent By Joyce Ojanji As the world prepares for the 2024 United Nations conferences on climate, biodiversity and desertification, experts at the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) Africa 2024 Hybrid Conference emphasized the need for African solutions in the restoration of landscapes in the continent. “There is a need to […]

Reboot Climate Action, UN Report Urges

Reboot Climate Action, UN Report Urges The science is clear. We are far off track from achieving vital climate goals. The impacts of climate change and hazardous weather are reversing development gains and threatening the well-being of people and the planet, according to a new multi-agency report coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Greenhouse […]

20 Sep, 24

Africa’s Water Crisis is a Management Problem

Africa’s Water Crisis is a Management Problem By Sharon Atieno With 17 major river basins, over 160 lakes and vast wetlands, Africa is endowed with abundant water resources, despite this, the continent remains water-stressed. The Global Water Security 2023 Assessment released during the United Nations 2023 Water Conference, found that all African nations were “water […]

18 Sep, 24

Africa: Rainwater Could Help Address Urban Water Poverty

Africa: Rainwater Could Help Address Urban Water Poverty By Sharon Atieno It’s 10.00 am on Sunday morning, Margaret Nasimiyu, a resident of Ngomongo area within Korogocho ward, Nairobi City is armed with three jerricans fetching water from a water dispensing machine. She notes that the machines, installed by the Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company […]

17 Sep, 24

Dr. Paulin Basinga on Causes, Solutions to Malnutrition in Africa

Dr. Paulin Basinga on Causes, Solutions to Malnutrition in Africa The Gates Foundation’s eighth annual Goalkeepers report, which reveals new insights into the world’s worst child health crisis – malnutrition, was launched today. The 2024 Goalkeepers Report calls for increased investments to prioritize nutrition for a healthier future. It notes that malnutrition is the world’s […]

Kenyan Government’s Plan to Improve Road Safety

Kenyan Government’s Plan to Improve Road Safety By Joyce Ojanji Despite the recently launched World Health Organization (WHO) Africa Regional Road Safety Status Report, there is still much room for improvement, presenting a worrying trend where road traffic death rates have surged in Africa over the past decade. Notably, no country in Africa currently meets […]

16 Sep, 24

The Burden of Dementia in Africa

The Burden of Dementia in Africa By Sharon Atieno At 80, Mary Magoma is a dementia patient. She was diagnosed with the condition some five years ago. The symptoms began with consistent body aches including headaches. This would be combined with trouble remembering things. However, visits to the doctors often dismissed the symptoms as problems […]