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08 Apr, 22

Healed by the Sun: Solar Energy Lights the Way for Quality Rural Health in East Africa during COVID-19

Healed by the Sun: Solar Energy Lights the Way for Quality Rural Health in East Africa during COVID-19 By InfoNile Like most urban dwellers in Uganda who rushed to villages at the start of Covid-19 lockdowns, Gloria Mucyunguzi had another crisis to contend with in the village: erratic power. Remote from the grid, every time […]

07 Apr, 22

Africa: Rising Climate-linked Health Emergencies, Three Initiatives to Increase Preparedness

Africa: Rising Climate-linked Health Emergencies, Three Initiatives to Increase Preparedness By Sharon Atieno More than half of public health emergencies recorded in the African region over the past two decades are climate-related, a new analysis by World Health Organization (WHO) shows. The analysis found that of the 2121 public health events recorded in the region […]

Global Initiative to Fight Mosquito-borne Viruses Launched

Global Initiative to Fight Mosquito-borne Viruses Launched By Sharon Atieno The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched the Global Arbovirus initiative to tackle the rising trend in arboviruses- viruses transmitted by insects that bite and feed on blood such as Dengue, Chikungunya, Zika and Yellow Fever. These four diseases transmitted by the Aedes mosquitoes are […]

Africa: Family Planning Regional Hub Launched

Africa: Family Planning Regional Hub Launched By Mary Hearty The Family Planning 2030 (FP2030) initiative is committed to accelerate coordination and improve access to maternal child health as well as sexual and reproductive health for women and girls in East and Southern Africa, through the newly launched regional hub at the Amref Health Africa headquarters […]

Countries Relaxing COVID-19 Measures, WHO calls for Vigilance

Countries Relaxing COVID-19 Measures, WHO calls for Vigilance By Gift Briton As most African countries lift and adjust some key COVID-19 control measures, thanks to the significant drop of new cases, the World Health Organization(WHO) warns that this needs to be executed with caution. According to WHO, even though the need to reopen the economy […]

Tobacco Free Farms Launched in Kenya

Tobacco Free Farms Launched in Kenya By Marlene Angir Kenya is the first country to roll out the tobacco free farms project which aims to improve health and livelihoods by shifting farmers from growing tobacco to other sustainable crops. Tobacco farmers and their families are exposed to serious health risks through nicotine absorbed through the skin […]

23 Mar, 22

Kenya: Viruses to Complement Antibiotics in Treatment

Kenya: Viruses to Complement Antibiotics in Treatment By Sharon Atieno Though viruses have been known to cause diseases in human beings and animals, they could be the solution to fighting antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and averting 10 million deaths expected annually by 2050. With the increased cases of antibiotics’ resistance, bacteriophages (phages) – virus that attack […]

Climate Change Threatens African Health Systems

Climate Change Threatens African Health Systems By Mary Hearty If adaptation and mitigation measures are not put in place, the current trend in global warming, could lead to additional burden on the already fragile African health systems, expert cautions. This is according to Dr Adugna Woyessa, Epidemiologist and Public Health Specialist at the Ethiopian Public […]

Africa: 23 Million plus Children Targeted in Mass Polio Vaccination

By Gift Briton More than 80 million oral polio vaccine doses set to be administered on all children below five years in five southern African countries in a bid to stop the spread of the disease outbreak which was first reported in Malawi in February this year. With the support of WHO, the four round vaccination […]

Strategies to Advocate for Male Reproductive Health Needed

By Naomi Kitur Healthcare providers should advocate for male reproductive health and encourage health seeking behaviours among the male gender, according to Dr.Lucy Natecho Namusonge, a Public Health expert from the School of Nursing at Kibabii University in Bungoma County. Keen interest has in most cases been taken on reproductive health issues among females, thereby […]