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Gates Foundation Announces US$8.3B Funding for SDGs

Gates Foundation Announces US$8.3B Funding for SDGs By Sharon Atieno The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will spend US$8.3 billion this year to continue its work fighting poverty, disease, and inequity. The budget—the largest in the foundation’s history—is a response to multiple crises that threaten to stall or reverse global progress on the Sustainable Development […]
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18 Jan, 23

Kenya: Irrigation Project Improving Livelihoods of Smallholder Farmers in Rangwe 

Kenya: Irrigation Project Improving Livelihoods of Smallholder Farmers in Rangwe By Sharon Atieno Moses Osodo, a smallholder farmer in Kochia, Rangwe sub-county, used to grow maize and finger millet mainly for consumption. Like other farmers in the area, he used to depend solely on rain. Things changed for him, with the coming of the Oluch […]
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Countries Urged to Share COVID-19 Virus Sequences

Countries Urged to Share COVID-19 Virus Sequences By Joyce Ojanji Although virus sequencing is vital to detect and track new variants in the COVID-19 pandemic, sharing this information must be stepped up globally to help in enabling the development of tests, and vaccines against the disease, World Health Organization (WHO) says. According to the organziation, […]
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12 Jan, 23

Kenya: Youths Transforming Illegal Dumpsites into Green Spaces in Korogocho

Kenya: Youths Transforming Illegal Dumpsites into Green Spaces in Korogocho By Tsim Mavisi Poor solid waste management is emerging as a public health risk in Kenya with eight out of ten plastic and other waste generated by households in urban slum areas in the country being disposed of poorly in rivers and illegal dumpsites, according […]
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Ozone Layer on course to Recovery, UN Says

Ozone Layer on course to Recovery, UN Says By Sharon Atieno The ozone layer, a thin part of the earth’s atmosphere which absorbs most of the sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation, is on track to recover within four decades. This is according to the United Nations (UN)-backed Scientific Assessment Panel to the Montreal Protocol on ozone-depleting […]
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10 Jan, 23

Kenya: Dry Conditions to Prevail throughout January

Kenya: Dry Conditions to Prevail throughout January By Gift Briton Most parts of the country are likely to remain sunny and dry during the month of January with occasional rainfall expected over some parts, the Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) predicts. According to the weather body, some areas around Lake Victoria basin (Siaya, Busia, Kisumu, Homa […]
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Kenya’s Tana River County Turns to Aquaculture to Boost Its Economy

Kenya’s Tana River County Turns to Aquaculture to Boost Its Economy By Paul Kimanzi Tana River county government has partnered with the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) to unlock the county’s aquaculture potential, a sector which has been underexploited despite the region boasting a fish rich 76 km coastline. To promote the uptake […]
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Reduced Price for Multidrug-resistant TB Treatment

Reduced Price for Multidrug-resistant TB Treatment A new agreement has been signed between Viatris, a global healthcare company, MedAccess, and TB Alliance to reduce the price of pretomanid, a drug used to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) by 34%. Pretomanid is part of two new treatment regimens with high efficacy and shorter treatment durations recently recommended […]
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