Explainer on Covid-19 Vaccines improving Surfactant Levels in the Lungs
Prof. Barack Abonyo
Prof. Medical Physiology and Registrar Planning, Partnerships, Research and Innovation, Kibabii University, Kenya
"Vaccines improve the level of surfactant. Vaccines are meant to...
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)...
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy threatens to derail war against pandemic in Africa
By Joseph Maina
Vaccine hesitancy in many parts of Africa has emerged as a potent threat to efforts to mitigate COVID-19 and could considerably counteract...
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 Reactions to Drugs for Neglected Diseases and Impacts of Covid-19 Pandemic
Dr Monique Wasunna, the Director Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) Africa, said:
“There are over one billion people affected by Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)...
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...
Expert Reaction to Adaptation and Mitigation to Climate Change in Africa
Prof Shem Wandiga,Former Director of the Institute for Climate Change and Adaptation, said:
“In Africa continent, adaption is the only thing we can do. And...
PRESS RELEASE
Africa Needs to Scale Up Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Capacity
Nairobi, 8th April 2021:-Unless Africa ramps up its capacity to mitigate and adapt to...