Expensive menstrual products fuel illiteracy among Lesotho girls
By Liapeng Raliengoane I raliengoaneliapeng@yahoo.com Young Lesotho girls’ absenteeism from school has been attributed to their inability to afford menstrual products a research study has revealed. The study, Empowering Lesotho’s…
Aids conference opens in Munich with calls for more funding to boost response
By Rosemary Onchari I oncharir37@gmail.com The world’s largest HIV/Aids conference was launched in Munich Germany, with an incredible breakthrough in global response and remission getting the requisite attention. At least…
Tales of HIV cure highlight global Aids conference
By Rosemary Onchari I oncharir37@gmail.com Are you still wondering if HIV/Aids truly has a cure? Well, there is evidence to affirm this. This was one of the highlights at the…
Nairobi to host State of Environment Report launch in September
By Christine Ochogo, christawine@gmail.com This year’s State of Africa’s Environment report will be released in September in Nairobi, Kenya, according to the Centre for Science and Environment, the publishers of…
MESHA empowers members with mobile journalism training
By Njeri Murigi | healthjournalist3@gmail.com In an effort to enhance the skills of journalists and embrace new media technologies, Media for Environment, Science, Health and Agriculture (MESHA) recently conducted a…
New drug provides total protection from HIV in Africa
By Thuku Kariuki | centapa@gmail.com and Njeri Murigi |healthjournalist3@gmail.com News that a drug to prevent the transmission of HIV, taken twice a year, has successfully passed a clinical trial in…
Empowering young women in response to triple threat
By Anne Atieno I annatieno1996@gmail.com The pressures of marriage almost had Millicent Nyaram, 26, taking her life. She encountered violence, committed by a man she thought would protect her. It…
Communities urged to protect rivers for posterity
By Henry Mangome I sciencewatchafrica@gmail.com Communities living along rivers and other water bodies hold the key to sustaining water quality, a senior government official has said. While addressing a group…
Zambia: Chief regulator calls for partnerships on genetic modification
By Aghan Daniel I AFSTA Communication Officer reporting from Lusaka, Zambia Zambia’s National Biosafety Authority chief, Mr Lackson Tonga (pictured) has asked the seed sector to stop labelling Zambia as…
African scientists in Tunisia to discuss how to entrench research and innovation in development
Njeri Murigi I healthjournalist3@gmail.com African scientists will converge in Tunisia next week (3rd-7th) for the second African Research Initiative for Scientific Excellence (ARISE) conference. Themed Catalysing Research and Innovation for…
