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Reusable, cheap, biodegradable sanitary pads in Kisumu

Innovation for World Menstrual Hygiene Day on Saturday • To address problems, including environmental hazards, a feminist group has created…

3 years ago

Project seeking to end Aids in Tanzania’s Mara Region by 2030 kicks off

A PROJECT seeking to end HIV/Aids in Mara Region by 2030 has kicked off with focus on increased testing and…

3 years ago

Afya Kamilifu project launched to control HIV transmission

THE Amref Health Africa-Tanzania has officially launched “Afya Kamilifu’ project in Mara Region, whose objectives are, among others, preventing new…

3 years ago

Poor Policies Attributed to Spike in Unintended Pregnancies, Unsafe Abortions at the Height of COVID-19 Pandemic

NAIROBI, 19 May 2022– A new report reveals that women and girls from low-income backgrounds in five African countries faced…

3 years ago

Unpacking the Mystery of South-Sudan’s ‘Nodding Disease’

Nodding syndrome is a mysterious neurological disease of unknown aetiology characterised by head nodding and complicated by a variable presence…

3 years ago

An interview with Dr Lul Lojok Deng, Director General of the Public Health Laboratory and National Blood Transfusion Services, Ministry of Health of the Republic of South Sudan

In this exclusive interview, Dr Lul Lojok Deng talks about South Sudan’s journey in transforming Laboratory and Blood Transfusion Services.…

3 years ago

Vaccine delivers hope to families hit by malaria

It was tragic. This disease is a monster, remarks Samson Okoth. Mr Okoth expressed the pain of losing his seven…

3 years ago

New Research From Kenya Highlights Need To Adjust COVID Vaccination Approach

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 4 – The latest analysis of COVID-19 vaccine scale-up in Kenya by the Wellcome Trust Research Programme…

3 years ago

Rural health worker shortage threatens Africa’s COVID vaccine rollout

Deliveries of COVID jabs to Africa have been ramped up in recent months, but the poor provision of health services…

3 years ago

AMREF ETHICAL AND SCIENTIFIC REVIEW COMMITTEE (ESRC) LAUNCHES AN ONLINE PLATFORM

Bad science is founded on poor ethics. There is a need for the protection of human participants in low- and…

3 years ago