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The ‘science of where’, or GIS, fortified Kenya’s response to COVID-19. Here’s how

Original Author: Peter Macharia, KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme The value and potential of geographic information system – or GIS, “the science of where” – has become even more obvious Continue Reading

Posted On : November 6, 2020 Published By : Sarah Nyakeri
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  • Diagnostics
  • South Africa

COVID-19 in South Africa: who should get tested, and what’s available

South Africa has passed the peak of the infection curve, but the danger of a resurgence remains real. At the same time new tests are becoming available. Ina Skosana asked Glenda Mary Continue Reading

Posted On : November 3, 2020 Published By : Sarah Nyakeri
Category:
  • Environment

Climate change, migration and urbanisation: patterns in sub-Saharan Africa

The link between climate change and migration has gained both academic and public interest in recent years. Many studies have found that environmental hazards affect migration. But the links are nuanced and Continue Reading

Posted On : November 3, 2020 Published By : Sarah Nyakeri
Category:
  • Diseases

Kenya’s Preparedness before the First Corona Virus Case

While coronavirus cases were increasing predominantly in China, What was Kenya doing? In this article, I am going to take you through press release summaries from the ministry of health Continue Reading

Posted On : November 1, 2020 Published By : Sarah Nyakeri
Category:
  • Research
  • Science Career

Study sheds light on what it takes for women to succeed – or not – in science in Africa

Women are 49.6% of the world’s population. An estimated 70% of the health and social care workforce are women; they deliver care to around 5 billion people. Women are also at the front-line Continue Reading

Posted On : November 1, 2020 Published By : Sarah Nyakeri
Category:
  • Cameroon

Stopping Africa’s scientific brain drain: Congo Basin Institute-CBI

Congo basin Institute, situated in Cameroon, is a permanent base where Africans can work in partnership with international researchers, but working out their own solutions to their own problems. CBI Continue Reading

Posted On : November 1, 2020 Published By : Sarah Nyakeri
Category:
  • Biotechnology

Q and A About Genetically Modified Crops

Global agriculture finds itself engrossed in a heated debate over genetically modified (GM) crops. This debate, which features science, economics, politics, and even religion, is taking place almost everywhere. It Continue Reading

Posted On : October 30, 2020 Published By : Sarah Nyakeri
Category:
  • Diseases
  • Transmission

A room, a bar and a classroom: how the coronavirus is spread through the air

The risk of contagion is highest in indoor spaces but can be reduced by applying all available measures to combat infection via aerosols. Here is an overview of the likelihood Continue Reading

Posted On : October 29, 2020 Published By : Sarah Nyakeri
Category:
  • People

Arimis for Skincare Survey

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Posted On : October 27, 2020 Published By : Sarah Nyakeri
Category:
  • Nutrition
  • Research

Salmon becomes world’s first genetically-modified animal to enter food supply

A fast-growing salmon has become the first genetically engineered animal to be approved for human consumption in the United States. 9 things you need to know about GM Salmon GMO Continue Reading

Posted On : October 25, 2020 Published By : Sarah Nyakeri
Category:
  • Diseases
  • Drugs
  • Traditional Medicine

Why uptake of traditional drugs is slow in Kenya

This material was originally published by Graham Kajilwa on Standard Media “What do you call a doctor in your mother tongue?” Maina Mwea asks in a tone that seeks to Continue Reading

Posted On : October 23, 2020 Published By : Sarah Nyakeri
Category:
  • Nutrition

After 15 Years in the Making, You Can Finally Buy Del Monte’s Pink Pineapple

Breeding or genetically modifying fruit to fit the consumer’s ideal is hardly a new concept — humans have been looking to perfect their crops pretty much since the invention of Continue Reading

Posted On : October 22, 2020 Published By : Sarah Nyakeri
Category:
  • Drugs

Scientists build on HIV research in bid to stop snakebite deaths

NAIROBI — Earlier this year, in Gombe state, Nigeria, health workers injected 35 vials of anti-venom into a patient who was bitten by a snake. It didn’t work. This is because Continue Reading

Posted On : October 21, 2020 Published By : Sarah Nyakeri
Category:
  • Bioinformatics
  • Diseases

$100M genomic sequencing initiative launches in Africa

GABORONE, Botswana — A $100 million initiative launched this week that aims to expand next-generation genomic sequencing tools and expertise across the African continent, which experts say could be used Continue Reading

Posted On : October 20, 2020 Published By : Sarah Nyakeri
Category:
  • Science Career

We have Phd’s whose Education was a waste of resources – Dr. Njoki Maina

A PhD at 27, Dr. Njoki Maina rejected a position in Harvard to Move to teach in University of Nairobi. In an interview with Standard, she tells her story. What Continue Reading

Posted On : October 19, 2020 Published By : Sarah Nyakeri
Category:
  • Diseases
  • Vaccines

Coronavirus: Why Africans should take part in vaccine trials

There have been numerous scare stories about trials for a coronavirus vaccine being carried out on people in Africa. However, scientists say that it is vital that Africans take part Continue Reading

Posted On : October 18, 2020 Published By : Sarah Nyakeri
Category:
  • Drugs

The FDA has approved the first treatment for Ebola

There is now an approved treatment for Ebola, one of the world’s deadliest diseases.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced October 14 that Inmazeb, a cocktail of lab-made antibodies Continue Reading

Posted On : October 16, 2020 Published By : Sarah Nyakeri
Category:
  • Research
  • Transmission

Kenya Scientists Release Genome sequencing for the Covid-19 Cases in Kenya

Scientists in Kenya have successfully sequenced genomes of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the global COVID-19 pandemic, obtaining important information about the genetic composition of viral strains in 122 of Continue Reading

Posted On : October 14, 2020 Published By : Sarah Nyakeri
Category:
  • Research
  • Vaccines

‘We cannot just be testing grounds’: COVID prompts African scientists to call for homegrown vaccines

African scientists say that the COVID-19 pandemic should be a wake-up call that prompts the continent to produce more of its own human vaccines. As a first step, they are Continue Reading

Posted On : October 13, 2020 Published By : Sarah Nyakeri
Category:
  • Diseases

How Infection Works

There is a close connection between microbes and humans. Experts believe about half of all human DNA originated from viruses that infected and embedded their nucleic acid in our ancestors’ egg and sperm cells. Microbes occupy all Continue Reading

Posted On : October 11, 2020 Published By : Sarah Nyakeri
Category:
  • Diseases
  • Transmission

Coronavirus in Africa: Five reasons why Covid-19 has been less deadly than elsewhere

Many African countries have been praised for waging an effective campaign to combat the spread of coronavirus despite their reputation for having fragile state heath systems. The continent, which has Continue Reading

Posted On : October 10, 2020 Published By : Sarah Nyakeri

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