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Interview with Paulin Basinga, the Gates Foundation Director for Africa on the Causes and Solutions to Malnutrition including the Foundation’s role in fighting child malnutrition in Africa.
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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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For Journalists

We will work tirelessly to avail to science journalists across Africa credible and accurate information on emerging science stories as soon as possible.

For experts

AfriSMC, like all the other SMCs around the world is designed to work help science journalists improve coverage of science issues.

For information officers

Nothing puts pure pressure on a communication officer like a breaking story (good or bad) involving his or her organization.

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The AfriSMC is proud to join a growing network of sister SMCs based across the globe, including the inaugural the United Kingdom, Australia...

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Boost Health Spending to Save Children from Malnutrition, The Goalkeepers Report 2024 Urges Leaders

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New modeling shows that 40 million more children will suffer from hunger’s worst effects by 2050 due to climate change, but immediate action could...

Dr. Paulin Basinga on Causes, Solutions to Malnutrition in Africa

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Dr. Paulin Basinga on Causes, Solutions to Malnutrition in Africa The Gates Foundation’s eighth annual Goalkeepers report, which reveals new insights into the world’s worst...

No Link Between Mobile Phones and Brain Cancers, Experts Find

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By Sharon Atieno Despite increased uptake and exposure to the use of mobile phones and other wireless technology which emit radiofrequencies (RF), there is no...

Explainer: Bats,diseases and role in ecosystem

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Despite being associated with numerous diseases including COVID-19, bats play a crucial role in the ecosystem health, human health and agriculture. Bernard Agwanda, research...

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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