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  • Africa: Urgent Need for New Antibiotics That Combat Resistant Bacteria

    Posted on :Saturday , 4th March 2017

    Rome/Geneva — The United Nations health organisation has just published its first ever list of antibiotic-resistant "priority pathogens" - a catalogue of 12 families of bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health.

     
    The list was drawn up in a bid to guide and promote research and development (R&D) of new antibiotics, as part of the World. . .

  • Kenya: Country Hoping for Talks With President to End Doctors' Strike

    Posted on :Friday , 3rd March 2017

    Kenyans are hopeful President Uhuru Kenyatta's meeting on Thursday with the heads of the Catholic and Anglican churches and doctors' union leaders will put an end to the misery caused by the 88-day-old doctors' strike.

     
    The Nation has exclusively learned that the crisis meeting, which will be held at an undisclosed location in Nairobi, will bring together the Preside. . .

  • East Africa: EALA Proposes Introduction of Contraceptives for Children

    Posted on :Thursday , 2nd March 2017

    Kampala — The East African Legislative Assembly (Eala) has drafted a Bill seeking to introduce contraceptives for children and teenagers aged between 10 and 19.

     
    The Bill dubbed the EAC Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), Bill 2017, if passed into law will bind the East African Community member states to provide contraceptives to all EAC citizens incl. . .

  • Kenyan Youngsters Win Award in Germany for Innovative Healthcare Plan

    Posted on :Wednesday , 1st March 2017

    Almost half of all Kenyans can't afford to consult a doctor when they fall sick. A team of young Kenyan IT specialists came up with a prize-winning plan to change that.

     
    Ethredah Chao had just 72 hours to find a solution to one of Kenya's biggest problems.
     
    "Almost half of the Kenyan population lives below the poverty line. That mea. . .

  • East Africa: USAID to Monitor EAC Grant More Closely

    Posted on :Wednesday , 8th February 2017

    Arusha — The United States Agency for Development (USAID) has met with officials of the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat to operationalize the five-year Regional Development Objectives Grant Agreement (RDOAG) they received last year.

     
    "RDOAG provides for changes in the way USAID will do its business; strengthen USAID-EAC Partnership; stronger colla. . .

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