By Luke Anami The East African Community wants a coordinated approach by all partner states in combating Covid-19. The EAC Secretary General Dr. Peter Mathuki wants Covid-19 testing charges and quarantine administrative procedures harmonised across the region, to ease free movement of people. “We have been pushing for EAC Partner States’ governments to adopt a […]
The fight against HIV is set to receive a major boost if the trials for a monthly HIV pill is proven effective. The third phase of the trial will involve 4,000 healthy, HIV-uninfected women between the ages of 16-45, across 21 sites that will include Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, Malawi, eSwatini, Zimbabwe and Zambia. If […]
By Correspondent Nairobi — Kenya will host the East African Community Centre for Aviation Medicine, whose construction is nearing completion next to the KCAA headquarters, Aviation House, at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. The Centre is a department of the EAC Civil Aviation Safety and Security Oversight Agency (CASSOA) and will offer services […]
By Sammy Lutta Turkana County is on high alert over fears of a surge in tuberculosis infections, which officials say could hit 2,500 cases in a year. The county has stepped up the war against TB with more testing kits that will be strategically installed in remote health centres. The county’s TB coordinator, Dr Job […]
SciDev.Net By Gilbert Nakweya An invasive weed could escalate the spread of malaria in East Africa after scientists found new evidence that it creates a favourable breeding ground for female mosquitoes, which transmit malaria. In a study published in Scientific Reports last month, researchers found that the plant is popularly known as “famine weed” releases chemicals called terpene […]
