Drug under test brings hope for sickle cell in Africa
A drug, known as hydroxyurea, currently under clinical trials in four African…
Replacing old rice varieties
Breeders in Kenya plan to replace rice varieties that farmers have been…
ECHO answers unresolved questions but opens Pandora’s box
In culmination of what has been a sore point of speculation for…
Want to keep fruits fresh? Try these Malian innovations
The sight of rotting mangoes in a few weeks’ time will be…
Millions to suffer from drug resistance globally by 2050
About 700,000 people die annually due to drug resistance globally and the…
Cooking gas that comes from human wastes
The increase of informal settlements in Kenya is a stumbling block to…
Young women’s HIV burden worries experts
As curtains fell on what has been a landmark scientific conference on…
15 years and counting: Researcher’s relentless charge against HIV
Despite the difference in opinion about the statistics on HIV/AIDS in Nyanza,…
Stigma and side-effects slowing PrEP adoption
The idea of providing an antiretroviral (ARV) medication as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)…
The Nile: Let’s talk conservation and trade, not war drums
Hardly a week passes without one reading or listening to mass media…
