Eliminating malaria in Africa has been held back by a range of factors, including a lack of funds and drug and insecticide resistance challenges.
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Mosquitoes are controlled by insecticide treated nets to curb the spread of Malaria. The nets which are hung over beds can be reused after serving its purpose.
The power to overcoming Ebola was in public awareness by performing simple yet basic infection prevention and control measures like washing hands, isolation and reporting suspected cases.
As party primaries have kicked off in Kenya in the run-up to the county’s general election in August, the ghost of violence past has reared its ugly head causing deep divisions along tribal lines.
The gains made towards eliminating malaria in endemic countries is being threatened by insecticide and antimalarial drug resistance.
Redressing the balance can start from the bottom up.
Circumcision is a rite of passage in various African communities. However, for initiates with haemophilia, extra caution needs to be taken to ensure their safety.
There’s a need for new anti-malarial agents due to some malaria drugs becoming ineffective in the fight against the disease.
On both economic and political dimensions South Africa potentially has a long way further to fall from its current messy institutional realities.
How do you teach empathy? Can it be in a way that foregrounds ancient, indigenous knowledge and practices? Design thinking might hold the answers.
With steep budget cuts looming, a growing number of tiny volunteer-driven organizations are delivering aid on their own. Will the Trump administration inspire even more small-scale global giving?
There are lots of tall tales about mosquitoes and how malaria is transmitted. Here are sturdy facts on the disease.
The UN Sustainable Energy initiative has set the goal of ensuring sustainable energy for all by 2030. However, the international community still can’t overcome the problem of energy access.
Glaucoma is a slow and silent progressive disease and the second leading cause of blindness, that requires early diagnosis.
Kenya’s doctors embarked on a strike for a 100 days to push the government to implement a collective bargaining agreement signed in June 2013.
Kenya says it will appeal a high court ruling blocking the closure of the Dadaab refugee camp. The country must now weigh national security against its international obligations.
Advanced lab tests have entered the market to improve tuberculosis diagnosis. This will ensure prompt and correct treatment in managing the disease.
Kenyan tertiary institutions are learning from each other by sharing experiences on overcoming challenges they face during medical training.
The African pushback is as a result of the ICC’s own Africa strategy.
A lack of decent sanitation and clean drinking water are fertile ground for a cholera outbreak.
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Research Fellow, Tegemeo Institute, Egerton University
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Professor of Research, Foundations & Higher Education, Northern Arizona University
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Professor, Faculty of Business and Management Sciences, University of Nairobi
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Senior Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Professor of Media Industries, University of Nottingham
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Medical Entomologist at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi
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PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Nairobi
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Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the South African Research Chair in International Law (SARCIL), University of Johannesburg
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Professor and Chair of Kinesiology and Health Science, Stephen F. Austin State University
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology; African-American Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Rwanda
