Global research on coronavirus disease gets a boost
By Christine Ochogo Scientists, physicians, funders, and policy makers globally have launched…
Expert: Journalists must stay out of harm’s way while covering COVID-19
By Christine Ochogo NAIROBI - SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 2020 - Journalists have…
Search for an AIDS vaccine lands me my first ever media science café
A message on my phone from Aghan Daniel, the secretary of MESHA…
Researcher: Include more women in health research
A researcher at Kisumu’s Kenya Medical Research Institute has challenged the media…
Study: Traditional healers key to end mental health stigma
Traditional and primary health providers should be incorporated in policies to help…
Drug under test brings hope for sickle cell in Africa
A drug, known as hydroxyurea, currently under clinical trials in four African…
ECHO answers unresolved questions but opens Pandora’s box
In culmination of what has been a sore point of speculation for…
Millions to suffer from drug resistance globally by 2050
About 700,000 people die annually due to drug resistance globally and the…
Young women’s HIV burden worries experts
As curtains fell on what has been a landmark scientific conference on…
Stigma and side-effects slowing PrEP adoption
The idea of providing an antiretroviral (ARV) medication as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)…
