The first all-oral treatment for Trypanosoma brucei (T.b.) rhodesiense sleeping sickness, an acute form of the disease, is now available free of charge to patients in specialized treatment centres in ...

There is a growing global concern about Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) also commonly known as lifestyle or chronic diseases. Scientists and researchers across the world are worried by unhealthy ...

World Animal Protection has launched a global campaign calling for a just transition away from industrial animal agriculture, ahead of the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) set to ...

Governments have promised to end malaria by 2030. With around five and a half years left to eliminate the vector-borne disease worldwide, it is alarming that progress is off the mark. More worrying is ...

At the United Nations Food Systems Summit +4 (UNFSS) Regional Preparatory Meeting in Nairobi, Sudan’s representative, Dr. Ageeb M. Madani, underscored the nation’s dual reality of advancing food ...

Across Africa, pastoralists and livestock keepers sustain herding systems which are closely bound up with our landscapes and crucial to nationwide food security, economic growth, and ecological ...

A coalition of global philanthropies has announced the launch of the Beginnings Fund, a new philanthropic initiative committed to accelerating maternal and newborn survival across Africa. With a focus ...

On the occasion of its 25th year, the Gates Foundation today made a new commitment to accelerate its mission to help all people live healthy, productive lives by spending $200 billion over the next 20 ...

Two Belgian citizens, a Vietnamese national and a Kenyan have been sentenced following involvement in illegal wildlife trafficking. The four traffickers Lornoy David and Seppe Lodewijcky from Belgium, ...

Global Pharmaceutical Company Merck has launched ThyroAfrica in Kenya- a thyroid awareness program aimed at raising awareness of thyroid disorders in Africa. Speaking during the launch in Nairobi on ...

The Academy of Science of South Africa has the mandate through the ASSAf Act (Act, No 67 of 2001) to “advise the Minister on matters concerning science”. This is in line with its key objectives such ...

Two leading health sector unions have protested the hurried establishment of the Kenya National Public Health Institute (KNPHI), and accused the Ministry of Health of sidelining critical stakeholders ...