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…
The Covid 19 pandemic, which broke out in December 2019, brought the whole world to a stand still. In Uganda, a lock down was imposed in March 2020, which came…
With a total of 9800 preterm deaths annually in Uganda, health practitioners have stepped up their efforts to reduce these alarming statistics numbers to an acceptable figure. The World Health…
Science Africa’s Deputy Executive Director Appointed to UNESCO’s Science Advisory Board
By Sharon Atieno Mr. Daniel Otunge, Science Africa’s Deputy Executive Director, has been nominated to become a member of the Scientific Board of the International Basic Science Programme (IBSP). IBSP…
Safe-Toilets, a panacea to rural sanitation and open defecation problems
Safe-Toilets, a panacea to rural sanitation and open defecation problems By Jejje Muhinde; In the rural sectors of Kayonza district, Eastern Rwanda, open defecation and unimproved sanitation is still one…
By Sharon Atieno The six-in-one (hexavalent) vaccine protecting against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), hepatitis…