Press Release: Marburg Virus Outbreak Highly Unlikely to become a Global Pandemic
August 3, 2022, Nairobi- The Marburg disease outbreak currently in Ghana is highly unlikely to evolve into a global pandemic like COVID-19 disease because...
Press Release:African Countries Urged to Conduct Research along COVID-19 Vaccine Roll Out
Nairobi, 12, October,2021- African countries should carry out research along COVID-19 roll out to build on their knowledge concerning the disease among their own...
Press Release:Low Uptake, Lack of Diversity among Challenges Ailing the African Seed Industry
Nairobi, 1 October 2021- Though improved seeds can deliver state of the art technology to farmers: higher yields, diseases and pest resistance, climate change...
How does IPCC work?
Dr. Joseph Nzau Mutemi, one of the Lead Authors of the just-released 2021 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report and Scientist at the...
Press Release: Kenya Should not Regulate Genome-edited Crops as Genetically Modified Crops, Expert...
Naivasha, 31st August, 2021-With the increase in population and demands for more food, African countries are looking for ways of boosting food production. This...
SPECIAL GLOBAL MEDIA BRIEFING Topic: Getting your head around the vaccine data
Organized in collaboration with the Australia, New Zealand, UK, USA, Germany, Japan, Israel, Taiwan, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Austria, France, Indonesia and Hong Kong media...
Press Release:Kenya Making Progress in Uptake of Disease Resistant Cassava Varieties
Nairobi, Kenya: 5th July, 2021- In a bid to improve cassava varieties in Kenya, researchers at the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)...
Explainer on how COVID-19 Vaccines are Developed
Prof. Walter Jaoko
Professor of medical microbiology and tropical medicine, Director KAVI Institute of Clinical Research, University of Nairobi
There are different ways of developing vaccines....
Expert Opinion on Covid-19 Vaccines Facts and Myths, Kenyan Experience
Prof Walter Jaoko, Director KAVI-Institute of Clinical Research at University of Nairobi, Kenya, said:
Covid-19 Third-Wave in Kenya
“Covid-19 is caused by a group of viruses...
Expert Reaction to Covid-19 Case Management and Vaccine Roll-Out: The Hits and Misses in...
Dr Menelas Nkeshimana, Head of Department of Accident and Emergency at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali, said:
“Vaccinating one part of the world or...