Health/Eco News

How digital innovation is transforming women’s healthcare in Kenya

From tracking pregnancies and menstrual cycles to enabling remote consultations and wearable health monitoring, technology designed specifically for women is…

2 weeks ago

Climate adaptation in Africa needs investment, not imported solutions

Ellen Davies is head of programmes at the African Climate Foundation and is based in Kenya. Wole Hammond is programme…

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Experts call for greater investment in early warning systems to reduce climate disaster risks in Horn of Africa

Climate experts have urged countries in the Horn of Africa to prioritize investment in early warning systems to reduce climate-related…

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Kenya Screens Over 140,000 Travellers As Ebola Surveillance Intensifies

Kenya has screened more than 140,000 travellers arriving from Ebola-affected countries and investigated over 100 disease alerts, all of which…

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Kenya’s legal battle over U.S.-linked Ebola quarantine center fails to stop Trump’s $800 million funding push

The funding request, submitted to Congress as part of a broader $1.4 billion Ebola response package, highlights Washington's determination…

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France confirms first Ebola case in doctor returning from DR Congo | Ebola News

France has confirmed its first Ebola case in the country during the current outbreak, as a doctor returning from a…

3 weeks ago

Climate Shock, Empty Credit, No Land: Africa’s Women Farmers Face Triple Threat

Across sub-Saharan Africa, climate change is magnifying an older vulnerability. The women who grow food, hold families together and keep…

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Study links climate change to stunted child growth in Africa

An internally displaced Somali family prepares breakfast outside their makeshift shelter in Mogadishu last month (OSV News/Reuters/Feisal Omar) New…

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Kenya unveils strategy to boost local production of health products and strengthen health security

Principal Secretary for Medical service Dr. Ouma Oluga / XThe Ministry of Health has launched the Kenya Health Products and…

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Contempt in Kenya over Ebola quarantine center

The Supreme Court of Kenya has found the Minister of Health, Aden Duale, guilty of contempt of court this Monday…

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