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Year: 2021

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The Scientists path Series

The whole idea of this project is: To give a younger scientist a guide into a science career by learning from others in addition to knowing the diversity of career Continue Reading

Posted On : June 28, 2021 Published By : Sarah Nyakeri
Category:
  • Plants
  • Traditional Medicine

Phytochemicals and their health benefits

Have you ever taken black coffee/tea with no sugar, or concoctions your mother made you from some roots and barks of plants, claiming that it would cure your stomach ache? Continue Reading

Posted On : May 7, 2021 Published By : Kimutai Valerie
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  • Science Communication

Social media users in Kenya and South Africa trust science, but still share COVID-19 hoaxes

Herman Wasserman, University of Cape Town and Dani Madrid-Morales, University of Houston The COVID-19 pandemic has led to widespread disinformation circulating on social media globally. This includes false information about Continue Reading

Posted On : April 7, 2021 Published By : Sarah Nyakeri
Category:
  • Research

Nairobi is rapidly losing its green spaces: this could open the door to more diseases

Hundreds of trees have been felled along Nairobi’s Uhuru and Waiyaki highways to make space for a new expressway. CELINE CLERY/AFP via Getty Images Eric Fèvre, University of Liverpool and Continue Reading

Posted On : April 2, 2021 Published By : Sarah Nyakeri
Category:
  • Health
  • Science Communication

Healthcare professionals can help reduce antimicrobial resistance

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites resist the actions of the antimicrobials (drugs) that are designed to kill them, making infections harder to treat hence increasing Continue Reading

Posted On : March 29, 2021 Published By : Getrude Kayeyia
Category:
  • Science Communication

A career in science policy

For the longest time, I thought I wanted to work the rest of my life behind a microscope or be that lady in a white coat which seemed cool. However, Continue Reading

Posted On : March 26, 2021 Published By : Getrude Kayeyia
Category:
  • Environment
  • Transmission

Is Climate Change contributing to Antimicrobial Resistance?

Global temperatures have increased by about 1ºC in the past century and is continuing to rise. Currently, countries around the world are working towards the targets set out in the Continue Reading

Posted On : March 22, 2021 Published By : Getrude Kayeyia
Category:
  • Audio
  • Science Communication
  • Video

Science Media Africa Partnership announcement

I (Sarah Nyakeri) am not the best communicator around but passionate about it, especially science communication. I am learning everday. I created this space to share news, articles, explainers, summaries Continue Reading

Posted On : March 17, 2021 Published By : Sarah Nyakeri
Category:
  • Prevention

New guidelines for malaria launched

The WHO Guidelines for malaria, launched today, bring together the Organization’s most up-to-date recommendations for malaria in one user-friendly and easy-to-navigate online platform. They are designed to support malaria-affected countries in their Continue Reading

Posted On : March 5, 2021 Published By : Sarah Nyakeri
Category:
  • Diagnostics

Diagnosis of malaria: WHO 2021 Guidelines

The signs and symptoms of malaria are non-specific. Malaria is suspected clinically primarily on the basis of fever or a history of fever. There is no combination of signs or Continue Reading

Posted On : February 16, 2021 Published By : Sarah Nyakeri
Category:
  • Research

Mary Oyiela Abukutsa Onyango- African Scientist

Mary Abukutsa is a dynamic result-oriented, strategic thinker and transformational leader with a personal mission statement that guides her in touching lives through the provision of excellent service with humility Continue Reading

Posted On : January 28, 2021 Published By : Sarah Nyakeri
Category:
  • Research
  • Technology

A Namibian Teenager invents a Sim-Less and Airtime-less Phone

The invention of a secondary school student named Simon Petrus got Namibia’s social media abuzz for the right reasons. Simon Petrus created a mobile phone that works with radio frequencies, no sim card nor Continue Reading

Posted On : January 23, 2021 Published By : Sarah Nyakeri
Category:
  • Health
  • Technology

Technologically Excluded

Almost everything is electronic these days, from banking to treatment that we receive. Yet as the world moves in a fast pace forward technologically, a lot of people are left Continue Reading

Posted On : January 8, 2021 Published By : Simangele Shabalala
Category:
  • Research

Microbiology and Quality Assurance

When I joined campus to study  industrial microbiology and biotechnology, I had no idea of where that would lead me. I knew I would end up in a lab somewhere Continue Reading

Posted On : January 3, 2021 Published By : Cullen

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