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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 […]

01 Apr, 22

Tailoring, Entrepreneurship Programs Improving Women’s Livelihoods in Kibera Slums

Tailoring, Entrepreneurship Programs Improving Women’s Livelihoods in Kibera Slums By Gift Briton Growing up in Kibera, the largest slum in Kenya, Lavender Adhiambo witnessed a lot violence being met particularly on young women and girls like her where most of them are denied economic opportunities which she attributed to gender inequality, a problem which is deeply […]

Bt Cotton, Ray of Hope for Kenyan Farmers

Bt Cotton, Ray of Hope for Kenyan Farmers By Patricia Nanteza I couldn’t stop saying wow as we caught the first glimpse of a field covered with what appeared to be white flowers. It seemed huge, but in reality, it was only 2.5 acres of genetically modified Bt cotton. Still, it was big, given that […]

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 […]

23 Mar, 22

Rwanda: GPS, Cooperatives Curb Crime among Boda Bodas

By Steven Nsamaza and John Mugisha Before the advent of the smart metres system, the exact number of taxi-moto operators in Rwanda was unknown with municipality estimating that there were around 37,000 motor riders but only 19, 300 riders who are legally registered. According to Rwanda National Police, most of those unlicensed commercial motorcyclists were […]

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 […]