AfriSMC was established by ScienceAfrica and Partners in September 2020 in Nairobi, Kenya, to improve the credibility of media reporting of emerging scientific issues, such as the Coronavirus pandemic.
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#Lung Surfactant, Possible Treatment for ARDS in COVID-19 Patients
Since lack of oxygen is what kills alot of people with COVID-19, there is a possibility that lung surfactant can help increase the patients’ accessibility to oxygen
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#Urgent Need to Address Rise in #Vaccine Hesitancy across #Africa
According to recent data from the World Health Organization (WHO) only 20 million Africans are fully vaccinated
https://scienceafrica.co.ke/urgent-need-to-address-rise-in-vaccine-hesitancy-across-africa-hesitancy-across-africa/ via @scienceafrica5
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Today 787 people have tested positive for the disease, from a sample size of 6,892 tested in the last 24 hours. The positivity rate is now 11.4%. Total confirmed positive cases are now 195,898 and cumulative tests so far conducted are 2,081,502. https://www.facebook.com/1126847717360250/posts/4606475182730802/?d=n
About Africa Science Media Centre
AfriSMC was established by ScienceAfrica and Partners in September 2020 in Nairobi, Kenya, through a small grant from Cornell Alliance for Science principally to work with journalists and scientists on the continent to improve the credibility of media reporting of emerging scientific issues, such as the Coronavirus pandemic.
The first Science Media Centre (SMC) was established in the UK in 2002 after a frenzied and inaccurate media reporting on Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccinations and autism, GM crops and growing public mistrust of science.
As a result, other new SMCs have been established Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Germany, USA and Malaysia.
Funding
Designed to be an independent press society, the AfriSMC’s funding model is not linked to any specific institution or institutional agenda. Read more