Peter Macharia, KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme and Emelda Okiro, KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme
Our findings provide an additional tool for determining what to prioritise, where to target and when to intervene.
South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, receives the COVID-19 vaccine. Leaders have publicly taken the vaccine to encourage others to do the same.
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No matter what tactics are used to muzzle, restrict, limit, or censor information, trustworthy information that serves the public good can still find its way to those who matter most: the citizens.
Education for children growing up in northern Nigeria is fraught with danger.
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To cope with loss of income, some Nairobi households opted for cheaper foods, or conserved their cooking fuel by preparing smaller meals.
Countries that adopt ethnic recognition go on to experience less violence, more economic vitality, and more democratic politics.
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On average, countries that adopt ethnic recognition experience less violence, more economic vitality, and more democratic politics.
A woman sorts through some maize kernels received as part of a food donation amid a devastating drought in Marsabit County, Kenya.
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Building business skills to improve livelihoods is increasingly recognised as bringing value to the fight against poverty. But it can also set up identity conflict and community-level tension.
A healthcare worker administers an Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to her colleague at Mutuini Hospital in Nairobi. Kenya on March 3, 2021.
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Kenya grapples with two major challenges in the vaccination rollout: access to sufficient doses in light of the global shortage; and vaccine hesitancy.
University students in Kenya aren’t getting the mentorship support they need outside the classroom.
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Researchers found that both Kenyans and South Africans have a broadly negative view of China, possibly amplified by the pandemic.
Pupils from a Nairobi informal settlement take the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exam at a local centre.
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Nairobi harbours all the ingredients for zoonotic spillover to occur between animals and people, particularly in the most densely populated areas of the city.