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How Brazil gambled on unproven drugs to fight Covid
By CNN,
927, February 15, 2021 (EAT)
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has long been a champion of drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to cure Covid-19, despite multiple studies tha...
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Kenya, U.K. to co-host global education financing conference: Uhuru
By PSCU,
751, February 8, 2021 (EAT)
Kenya and the United Kingdom will co-host a two-day conference on global partnership for education financing on July 25 and 26, President Uhuru Kenyat...
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New malaria mosquito emerges in African cities, experts worried
By CNN,
1027, February 1, 2021 (EAT)
A new malaria mosquito is emerging in African cities, with potentially devastating consequences for those living there, according to a new study. T...
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Revoking global gag rule will save lives, civil society says
By Citizen Reporter,
2156, January 29, 2021 (EAT)
Kenyan civil society organizations (CSOs) focused on reproductive health and justice have welcomed US President Joe Biden’s decision to revoke the G...
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Magufuli criticized for dismissing COVID-19 vaccines
By VOA,
750, January 29, 2021 (EAT)
Tanzanian President John Magufuli’s sharp rejection of COVID-19 vaccines was met Thursday with criticism, concern and confusion. Magufuli in a sp...
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Magufuli says some Tanzanians were infected with ‘strange’ coronavirus after going for COVID vaccine
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1807, January 27, 2021 (EAT)
President John Pombe Magufuli says he is aware that some Tanzanians left the country to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, only for them to return home inf...
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Bill Gates sees 6-8 month lag for poor countries to get COVID-19 shots
By Reuters,
1150, January 27, 2021 (EAT)
Poorer countries face a best-case scenario of a 6-8 month lag behind richer nations in getting access to COVID-19 vaccines to protect their population...
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The unfinished race: Kimetto, Jelimo to Rudisha…what went wrong?
By Isaac Swila,
1121, February 9, 2021 (EAT)
Isaac Swila in Nairobi Sandra Lamwaka in Kampala Gilbert Kiprotich in Eldoret David Rudisha is an “A class'' athlete, but it’s debata...
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OPINION: Restoring girls dignity through proper menstrual hygiene management
By Guest Writer,
1341, December 29, 2020 (EAT)
By Sharon Kiburi Since Kenya ratified the Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) policy in May 2020, this important milestone has attracted investors s...
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Teenager Omala to lead the line as Gor tackle APR
By Milton Ochieng,
1354, December 5, 2020 (EAT)
Teenager Benson Omala has been picked to lead the line as Gor Mahia tackle APR of Rwanda from 4pm at the Nyayo National Stadium in a CAF Champions Lea...
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Malaria deaths to exceed COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa
By Reuters,
1029, November 30, 2020 (EAT)
Deaths from malaria due to disruptions during the coronavirus pandemic to services designed to tackle the mosquito-borne disease will far exceed those...
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COVID-19 may reverse gains on malaria control: WHO
By VOA,
1025, November 30, 2020 (EAT)
On World Malaria Day, the World Health Organization is calling on countries to step up the fight against malaria, saying the coronavirus pandemic thre...
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BWIRE: After public lynching of KEMSA, what next?
By Guest Writer,
1810, November 23, 2020 (EAT)
By Victor Bwire The usual mob injustice, transactional nature and emotional approach to dealing with fraud and corruption in public institutions in...
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Biden win seen as green light for women’s reproductive rights
By Reuters,
858, November 9, 2020 (EAT)
Democrat Joe Biden as U.S. president will bring sweeping changes to women’s reproductive rights globally, starting with overturning a U.S. policy ba...
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Uhuru unveils policy measures to speed up UHC roll-out
By PSCU,
1905, October 31, 2020 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta today unveiled a raft of policy interventions aimed at fast tracking the national rollout of the Universal Health Coverage (U...
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Kenya joins global trial of Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine
By Citizen Reporter,
949, October 31, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya has joined the global efforts in search of an effective vaccine for COVID-19 with the start of a trial evaluating a leading COVID-19 vaccine can...
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La Nina to cause drier than normal conditions in East Africa – WMO
By VOA,
1035, October 30, 2020 (EAT)
The World Meteorological Organization predicts La Nina will continue through January and is expected to usher in drier and wetter conditions than norm...
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COVID-19 could push 49 million Africans into extreme poverty
By CNN,
1148, October 29, 2020 (EAT)
It is now widely recognized that in Africa, the Covid-19 pandemic is on a different trajectory than much of the rest of the world, including the West....
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Miners face new tuberculosis threat as COVID-19 disrupts treatment
By Reuters,
638, October 27, 2020 (EAT)
Vama Jele’s heart dropped every time he heard that another migrant miner home from South Africa had died from tuberculosis (TB) due to skipping trea...
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GEMA Youth Chairman Kioi wa Murera urges youth to back BBI
By Tonny Ndungu,
844, October 23, 2020 (EAT)
GEMA Youth have vowed support for the Bridging Bridges Initiative (BBI) urging Kenyan youth to support the newly released report. In a presser on T...
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