Health/Eco News
COP16 reached the first ever agreement recognising people of African descent and Indigenous Peoples as key drivers in conserving nature. PHOTO/ UN Biodiversity. By GREACE VANEGAS newshub@eyewitness.africa The world’s largest biodiversity summit, known as COP16, concluded this weekend in Colombia, with several landmark decisions, including first ever agreements on nature’s genetic data and on recognising […]
Harmful gasses continue to be released into the atmosphere across the world.Unsplash/Ehud Neuhaus By PATRICK MAYOYO newshub@eyewitness.africa Proposed actions by countries to mitigate the worsening impacts of climate change “fall miles short of what is needed,” according to a new UN report. UN climate change secretariat (UNFCCC)’s 2024 Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) Synthesis Report showed that current […]
Salome Kamau, mgonjwa wa figo katika hospitali ya rufaa na mafunzo ya Kenyatta (KUTRRH). Asema amehangaika kujilipia matibabu kwa sababu mpango wa SHIF haugharamii kikamilifu kama ilivyofanya NHIF. Picha|Leon Lidigu WAGONJWA ambao wana maradhi yasiyotibika na wanahitaji huduma za mara kwa mara za matibabu, wameililia serikali iwaruhusu watumie Hazina ya Kitaifa ya Bima ya Afya […]
Kundi la ‘VijanaBora’ likiwa barabarani kuhamasisha wanajamii kuhusu afya ya akili Oktoba 10, 2024. Picha|Leah Makena KUNDI la vijana kutoka Kaunti ya Kiambu maarufu kama Vijana Bora limejitolea kusaidia kupunguza idadi ya wanaoangamia kutokana na matatizo ya akili. Kulingana na mkurugenzi wake Mageto Momanyi, kundi hilo lilianzishwa mwaka wa 2022 baada ya kutambua kuwa vijana […]
Children begging for alms along the expressway Mission Road, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. PHOTO/Collins Ojiehanor. By COLLINS O. OJIEHANOR newshub@eyewitness.africa In Nigeria, where the vibrant laughter of children often masks a heartbreaking reality, countless young lives are ensnared by a web of violence, neglect, and abuse. From molestation to domestic violence, early marriage, […]
Sehemu ya nyumba zilizobomolewa na serikali wakati wa mafuriko. Picha|Fridah Okachi VYOO katika mtaa wa Mukuru Kayaba jijini Nairobi viko katika hali mbaya huku sehemu ya wakazi ikikosa pa kuendea haja. Mvua kubwa zilizoshuhudiwa mwezi wa Aprili na Mei 2024 zilisababisha mafuriko ya uharibifu kiasi cha kusomba vyoo. Wakazi wanaoishi karibu na mito wamelazimika kuondoka […]
Mraibu wa soda akiibugia. Picha|Maktaba WATAALAMU wameonya kuhusu uraibu wa unywaji soda kila wakati wakisema kinywaji hicho kinaweza kusababisha madhara ya kiafya. Joy Ouma, mtaalamu wa lishe katika Hospitali ya Chuo Kikuu cha Aga Khan anasema kuwa vinywaji kama hivi huongeza nguvu mwilini kupita kiasi na kuathiri hisia ya mhusika. Anaeleza, “Kiwango cha sukari katika […]
Mbu akifyonza damu kutoka mwili wa binadamu. Ripoti imeeleza kwamba wadudu hawa wamejipatia kinga dhidi ya dawa zinazotumiwa kutibu malaria. Picha|Maktaba WANASAYANSI wamegundua kwamba aina ya mbu anayelaumiwa kwa maambukizi ya malaria Mashariki na Kusini mwa Afrika ameendelea kupata kinga sugu dhidi ya dawa iliyotumika kwa muda mrefu katika maeneo haya. Anopheles funestus ni mojawapo […]
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, addressing the media. PHOTO/UGC. By ABDULHAKIM SHERMAN newshub@eyewitness.africa Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, has praised Kenyan journalists for exposing mega corruption in the public sector and asked them to continue speaking to power and hold the government to account. Mr Gachagua said the role of journalists in fostering transparency and accountability in […]
The spillover of viral pathogens from animals to humans has become a hot topic since the outbreak of COVID-19. IMAGE/UGC. By PATRICK MAYOYO newshub@eyewitness.africa Tola Barisa, a father of four from Banisa village in Tana River County, faced a dire situation after a six-month drought decimated his cattle, leaving his family on the brink of […]