West Africa: Social Media Fuelling Risky Bushmeat Sales - Study

The use of social media by West African vendors to promote the illegal sale of bushmeat should be regulated to help prevent the emergence of diseases transmitted from animals to… Read more »

Kenya: Push-Pull Tech 'Controls Pests, Increases Maize Yields'

So-called "push-pull" agricultural practices that aim to improve crop yields by minimising the use of synthetic herbicides and insecticides increases yields and prevents pests from… Read more »

Africa: Generation Game - Gene-Edited Mosquitos to Fight Malaria

Population-level changes in the genetic make-up of one of the world's deadliest animals could provide a key in the fight against malaria, proponents of a radical new technology… Read more »

Uganda: Uganda's Anti-Gay Law Sparks Global Concerns Over Health Access

Uganda's anti-homosexuality legislation, which includes the death penalty for offenders, was signed into law on Monday by President Yoweri Museveni, sparking international… Read more »

Africa: AI Crop Predictor Aids Africa's Crisis Planning

An Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool is using satellite remote sensing and machine learning to predict agricultural yields of key crops across Africa, to help mitigate the harms of… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's New President 'Must Walk the Talk On Health'

Health experts in Nigeria say the country's president-elect who will be inaugurated on 29 May must prioritise health care and refrain from politicising it. Read more »

Uganda: Anti-Homosexuality Bill Threatens HIV Progress

Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill, if signed into law, could lead to the withdrawal of foreign aid and threaten goals to end HIV/AIDS by 2030, advocates warn. Read more »

Africa: Malaria Vaccine Adoption Pre-Empts WHO Green Light

The approval of the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine by Ghana and Nigeria is the first time a major malaria intervention has been adopted without World Health Organization (WHO)… Read more »

Ethiopia: Food Taboos Causing Malnutrition in Pregnant Women

One in five pregnant women in Ethiopia are deliberating staying under nourished for fear of fetal deformities and giving birth to big babies, public health researchers say. Read more »

Africa: Long-Term Funding Needed to Nurture African Science

Accelerating investment in science will equip Africa to address challenges faced by local communities and prevent an exodus of talent from the continent, says Thomas Kariuki,… Read more »

Africa: Covid Lessons Could Ease Cholera Outbreak - Moeti

Lessons learnt in the COVID-19 pandemic about how to ramp up vaccine production could help ease Africa's cholera outbreak, according to Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for… Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzania On High Alert After Marburg Outbreak

Tanzania has heightened disease surveillance and prevention measures to contain its first-ever outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD), which is highly infectious and potentially… Read more »

Nigeria: Vaccine Gap 'Fuelling Nigeria's Diphtheria Outbreak'

Low vaccine coverage and weak infrastructure have fuelled a recurrence of diphtheria in Nigeria, especially in rural areas beset by poor access to healthcare services, public… Read more »

Africa: North Africa Disconnect 'Blocks Health Collaboration'

Health experts have condemned what they described as a disconnect between North and Sub-Saharan Africa, which they say is hindering the development of a comprehensive health… Read more »

Africa: Q&A - 'Innovate to Unlock Africa's Livestock Potential'

Appolinaire Djikeng promises to strengthen research and innovation to improve the health of farmed animals as he becomes the first African to head the International Livestock… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Currency Shortage 'Harming Healthcare Access'

A currency scarcity in Nigeria, caused by the replacement of old bank notes, is causing delays in accessing healthcare services and even costing lives, in a system that relies… Read more »

East Africa: Rainy Season Set to Fail in Drought-Hit Horn of Africa #AfricaClimateCrisis

The Horn of Africa could experience below-normal rainfall during the important rainy season of March to May, with the accompanying hunger crisis requiring urgent aid, according to… Read more »

Africa: Solar Geoengineering Research Boosted Despite Concerns #AfricaClimateCrisis

African researchers will receive grants worth tens of thousands of dollars to study the impact of solar geoengineering despite concerns from environmental activists that solar… Read more »

South Africa: South Africa's Energy Crisis 'Harming Research Integrity'

Researchers in South Africa are feeling the effects of the country's continuing power cuts and fear for the impact the electricity crisis is having on their research output. Read more »

Africa: What Will It Take to Boost Africa's Vaccine Production?

This article was supported by Global Health Strategies. Read more »

South Africa: South Africa's R&D Spending Declined During Covid-19

South Africa's overall research and development (R&D) spending dropped by 7.6 per cent in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, but R&D expenditure in the government… Read more »

Cameroon: Covid-19 Undermines Effort to Eliminate Polio

This article was supported by Global Health Strategies. Read more »

Africa: Agriculture Innovators Share Prize to Aid Food Security

Three tech innovators are to share a US$1.5 million prize to scale up their innovations and enable smallholder farmers to boost productivity, resilience and incomes amid a historic… Read more »

Africa: Q&A - Neglected Diseases Face Final Funding Hurdle

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) - a set of 20 diseases including river blindness and sleeping sickness - affect more than a billion people globally, with Africa accounting for… Read more »

Africa: Maternal Deaths Data Points to Covid Vaccine Policy Gap

COVID-19 in pregnancy could reverse the slow but steady gains made in maternal and neonatal mortality reduction in Africa and set back progress towards global goals, unless… Read more »