Expert opinion on Schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminths in Africa
With World Health Organization(WHO’s) road map for neglected tropical diseases2021−2030 requiring countries to eliminate at least one Neglected Tropical Diseases(NTDs) by 2030, countries are...
Expert opinion on placental malaria
Dr. Barthlomew Ondigo is a Fellow at the African Academy of Sciences with growing expertise in the immunology of infectious parasitic diseases and global...
Awareness on How to Combat Severe Malaria in Children
Dr. Henrietta Mensah-Brown holds a PhD in molecular biology of infectious diseases from the University of Ghana.
Her research areas are malaria biology and...
Expert opinion on Drug-Resistant Malaria
Dr. Dan Kiboi is a lecturer at the Department of Biochemistry at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT).
He completed his Ph.D....
Explainer on what the Omicron Variant is
Prof Walter Jaoko
Director KAVI-Institute of Clinical Research, University of Nairobi
The genetic number that the Omicron variant has been given is B.1.1.529. It was first...
Explainer on why the new variant is called Omicron
Prof Walter Jaoko
Director KAVI-Institute of Clinical Research, University of Nairobi
The naming of this variants is based on the Greek alphabets. So why is this...
Explainer on misuse of pesticides in Kenya.
Dr. Timothy Njagi Njeru, Ph.D, Development Economist and Research Fellow ,Tegemeo Institute
"I want to say that we acknowledge that we have instances of misuse...
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...
AfriSMC Press Briefing (Africa Seed Industry)
What: Africa’s evolving seed industry: fostering access to high-quality seeds by small holder farmers for food security and climate resilience.
When: Thursday, September 30,...
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...