TOP STORIES IN SCIENCE AFRICA – Page 57

14 Mar, 22

Ugandan Students Learning to Produce Animal Feed from Insects

By Esther Nakkazi Professor Fred Kabi is an animal scientists working with Makerere University Agricultural Research Institute Kabanyolo (MUARIK). At the department of Agricultural Production at the university, Kabi is working with students and the wider community around it to produce insects for animal feed which is also for business. He spoke to Esther Nakkazi at […]

11 Mar, 22

COVID-19: Inaccessibility, Major Obstacle to Africa’s Vaccine Rollout

By Joseph Maina Despite public willingness and a steady increase in the number of vaccines shipped to the continent, access to COVID-19 vaccines remains a challenge in many regions in Africa. Up to 67 percent of adults in the country would “definitely or probably” take a vaccine if available, according to a 2021 study by the University of Johannesburg […]

10 Mar, 22

Smart irrigation saves water, improves farming practices in Rwanda’s remote drought-stricken region

By John Mugisha; The construction of new dams in some parts of Nyagatare, a district in North-eastern Rwanda has helped local residents address potential water shortages and outdated irrigation systems that have long hampered agricultural development in this remote rural region. Now farmers in the area like Muhire Ganza, say the dam has significantly led […]

10 Mar, 22

Promoting children’s rights through community child protection volunteers

By John Mugisha; Yusuf, just 10 years old, had dropped out of school and begun stealing food because he couldn’t get any at home. The food he was stealing was not for him alone but the family as well. His family is very poor, and the mother is mentally unwell, so the children in this […]

10 Mar, 22

Restoring hope to adolescent mothers through savings schemes

By John Mugisha; Twenty-year-old Jeanette Mukanoheri conceived at the age of 17. When she got pregnant, her family and the neighbourhood could barely accept her; everyone at home was rude to her. She felt frustrated and decided to leave her parents’ home and go stay with her grandmother. The man that got her pregnant abandoned […]

10 Mar, 22

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Kenya to Curb Yellow Fever Outbreak through Vaccinations

By Mary Hearty Since Yellow Fever is a viral hemorrhagic disease which still has no specific anti-viral drug that can effectively treat it, the Kenyan Ministry of Health plans to roll out vaccines in the high risk counties. This includes Isiolo County and the neighboring counties of Wajir, Garissa, Marsabit, Meru, Samburu, Baringo, Elgeyo-Marakwet, West-Pokot, […]

Moderna to Set Up US$ 500M Vaccine Facility in Kenya

By Sharon Atieno Kenya is set to be the first country in Africa to host a messenger RNA vaccine facility. This is as a result of a memorandum of understanding between the Kenyan government and Moderna, a global biotech company. The company will invest about US$ 500M in the establishment of the facility which is […]

Global Call for Countries to Reduce Antimicrobial Pollution

By Gift Briton With drug-resistant diseases contributing to nearly five million deaths every year, global leaders and experts have called on all countries to urgently establish and implement policies and regulation to reduce antimicrobial pollution as this would help in combating the growing levels of drug resistance and protecting the environment. The Global Leaders Group(GLG) on Antimicrobial […]

Alarm as Obesity , Overweight Cases Increases in Africa

By Mary Hearty By the end of next year, one in five adults and one in ten children and teenagers in 10 high-burden African countries are likely to be obese if robust prevention measures are not taken to reverse the trend, a new World Health Organization (WHO) analysis on obesity reveals. The analysis finds that the […]