The Nile: Let’s talk conservation and trade, not war drums
Hardly a week passes without one reading or listening to mass media stories about the pending Nile water wars between Egypt and Ethiopia. The worst disaster that can haunt the…
Experts: Not all TB infections come with a cough
Beryl Atieno, a middle-aged TB survivor who hails from Rarieda in Siaya County, had no idea that she had contracted the infectious disease when she started ailing in March 2017.…
Why we need HIV vaccines like yesterday
More than 20 years ago, just after I had completed my secondary education, I was diagnosed with HIV. At that time, I thought I now had full self responsibility to…
New device to encourage taking of PrEP drugs
A new device is being developed to encourage individuals at risk of contracting HIV to take their daily dosage of Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Wise Pill was developed as an HIV…
Premature babies: Letting them thrive
The voices of preemies mothers came out with a plea to the medical world to let them thrive in reference to various ways in which measures can be taken to…
Farmers in Eastern Kenya to earn USD40m from exports of green grams
The locals here call it ndegu. Globally it is simply green grams. This crop, especially in Kenya, has had its own share of setbacks. For a very long time, farmers…
Push-Pull technology halts fall army worm rampage
The fall armyworm is a moth that causes devastating damage to almost 100 plant species, including sorghum, rice, wheat and sugarcane, thereby threatening food and nutritional security, trade, household incomes…
Malawi seed sector amplify support for biotech
Prof Jayne Byakika of WHO: She says that reduced public perception of risk and pandemic fatigue have led to drastically low use of public health and social measures. By Stephen…
