The Media for Environment, Science, Health and Agriculture (MESHA) is a Kenya-based and registered association of science journalists and communicators, whose membership includes journalists, editors, scientists and communicators.
It is a not-for-profit membership association that champions the interests of science journalists in Kenya and Africa.
By Mike MwanikI I mikemwaniki2016@gmail.com A leading HIV investigator in Kenya has urged journalists to be at the forefront in dispelling the existing myths and misconceptions on vaccine trials among people living in African countries. Prof Omu Anzala described as a “fallacy” allegations by some unscrupulous people — especially on social media — who are…
By Suzgo Chitete I chitetesuzgo@gmail.com After years of research and scientific approvals, the Malawi government in November last year released genetically modified cotton seeds for commercial cultivation. The farmers who planted Bt cotton for the first time in the last growing season took a gamble to depart from tradition. France Thole, a cotton farmer in…
By Lisbeth Kageni I kageni@uonbi.ac.ke University of Nairobi students have developed a mobile phone app through which they can access relevant information to address their challenges. The app dubbed RADA was developed by 12 students with the help of the university’s Centre for HIV Prevention and Research (CHIVPR), UNESCO, and Sexual and Reproductive Health Alliance…
By Christine Ochogo I christawine@gmail.com Every season, Margaret Kenzi, a potato farmer in Kenya’s Rift Valley, tirelessly works in her potato farm with hopes of a bumper harvest. To her dismay, her efforts of three years have hardly yielded as she does not use certified potato seeds. She attributes this sorry state to the…
