Health/Eco News

Reports on healthcare, public health, climate change, environment, sustainability, wildlife, and ecological developments across Africa and Kenya.

Kenya still unprepared for major Ebola outbreak as review exposes critical health system gaps

An internal government review has found that Kenya remains vulnerable to an Ebola outbreak due to major gaps in patient…

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Africa 2026 floods: How climate change and poor planning are drowning a continent

Every rainy season, the water comes for us. And every season, we call it a disaster, as if we did…

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MMUST’s Prolific Environmental Scientist Dr. Humphrey Agevi Appointed as Programme Coordinator for the Eastern and South African Hub for Climate Change and Health

Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology’s (MMUST) prolific environmental scientist, Dr. Humphrey Agevi has been appointed as the Programme Coordinator for…

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Cervical Cancer Now Kenya’s Deadliest, WHO Report Shows

The 2026 World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Report on Cancer, published by the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer…

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Iran war fuel shocks threaten Africa’s clean cooking push, IEA says

Disruptions to global fuel markets caused by the war in Iran have hit Africa's efforts to expand clean cooking with…

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Mwanza to put Africa’s freshwater crisis on global stage

MWANZA: TANZANIA is preparing to bring the world’s leading lake experts to Mwanza as Africa’s freshwater challenges take centre stage…

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As The Climate Changes, Camels Offer Stability In The Horn Of Africa

09 July 2026, Africa: At the peak of the 2023 drought in the Horn of Africa, Shindia, a female camel owner from…

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ARIN Launches BIOCAM4 Mini-Grant Fellowship for Early-Career African Climate and Biodiversity Researchers

Early-career researchers, practitioners and policymakers across Africa have an opportunity to secure funding for locally led research on Nature-Based Climate…

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How Kenya’s fee-for-service model prioritises costly treatment over prevention

At any given moment, somewhere in Kenya, a woman is receiving a chronic disease diagnosis at a stage where treatment…

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SHA Introduces Fingerprint Verification For Children Aged 7–17 To Curb Health Insurance Fraud

NAIROBI, Kenya,Jul 7-The Social Health Authority (SHA) has introduced biometric fingerprint identification for registered child dependants aged between seven and…

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