By Science Africa correspondent Kenya becomes the tenth country in Africa to eliminate Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness, as a public health concern. The other countries that have…
How Vaccine is Boosting Efforts to Eliminate Malaria among African Children
By Sharon Atieno Though a sunny morning in Nyawiso village, Ndhiwa sub-county, the bushy path leading to 38-year-old Judith Atieno’s home is partly wet. It had rained the previous…
How Digital Technology is Improving Access to Health Services for Kenyan Youths
By Gift Briton It is approaching mid-day on Wednesday. The sun beats down harshly as we navigate the narrow alleyways of Kibera, Kenya’s largest informal settlement, on the outskirts…
Kisumu leverages on drone technology to defeat dog-mediated rabies
“It was devastating!” This was Jackline Akinyi’s description of the loss of her daughter to rabies. The daughter’s death in January 2019 formed part of the grim global statistics of…
Hope for Another TB Vaccine as Trial Enters Final Phase
By Gift Briton There is hope in the fight against Tuberculosis (TB) following the launch of Phase 3 clinical trials of a new vaccine candidate that could prevent pulmonary TB…
By Sharon Atieno The six-in-one (hexavalent) vaccine protecting against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), hepatitis…