By Charles Omondi The AU insurance agency, the African Risk Capacity (ARC), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the African Media Initiative (AMI) to create awareness on disaster risk...
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‘Push-pull’ crop system to curb fall armyworms
In Summary Intercropping maize with drought-resistant greenleaf desmodium and planting Brachiaria grass on the farm’s edge helps curb fall armyworms. Researchers have found intercropping maize with...
Africa has homegrown initiatives to handle disasters and internal conflict
In Summary The RDMCOE was established in 2005 as a regional vehicle to propagate disaster preparedness, early warning, and response and recovery initiatives for communities affected by natural or...
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Fall armyworm to cost more than $2bn in losses
African countries are facing a maize shortage and losses running into billions of dollars due to the devastation caused by the fall armyworm. A new report released by the Centre for Agriculture and...
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Nile Basin countries need a deal on the river and the water
More than 300 million people rely on the waters of the River Nile. The Nile river basin contains over 10 per cent of Africa’s landmass, in 11 countries: Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Egypt, Rwanda,...
New medication for hepatitis C targeting Africa
In Summary According to Dr Karine Lacombe, an associate professor at Saint-Antrine Hospital, Inserm, France, preliminary results from a trial study by the French National Agency for Research on Aids...
Self-testing key in fight against Aids
In Summary The new approach will enable individuals to learn their status when and where they choose, and seek the treatment they need. Poor testing coverage among men, young people and other...
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HIV patients to get early treatment
By CHRISTABEL LIGAMI IN SUMMARY The new “test and offer to treat” approach will ensure that people living with HIV can benefit from early treatment. With its “treat-all” recommendation, WHO removed...
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Region told to prepare for severe El Niño rains
By Jeff Otieno and Apolinari Tairo IN SUMMARY East Africans should brace for three months of El Niño rains, local and international meteorologists have warned. The torrential rains are expected...
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East Africa urged to embrace modern farming to fight food insecurity
By JEFF OTIENO, The EastAfrican IN SUMMARY Food insecurity ranges from famine to periodic hunger to uncertain food supply. Hunger has been a major constraint on the region’s long-term economic,...
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East Africa's rural poor underserved by health services
By MOSES K GAHIGI IN SUMMARY East Africa's rural poor remain underserved in terms of primary and secondary health care services despite continuous investment in the sector. Besides national budget...
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Maize stalk infestation looms in East Africa
By DAVID NJAGI, TEA Special Correspondent IN SUMMARY An ongoing study shows that new stem borer species are colonising maize farms in the region, and could cost farmers about 88 per cent in crop...
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EAC launches maternal, infant health strategy
By CHRISTABEL LIGAMI IN SUMMARY Only Rwanda is on track to reach Millennium Development Goal 4, which calls for reducing the 1990 mortality rate of children under five by two -thirds. The East...
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Injecting drug users fuelling HIV/Aids
By EVELYN LIRRI, Posted Saturday, March 7 2015 at 16:55 IN SUMMARY OST is a medical procedure in which an illegal substance such as heroin is replaced with a longer acting but less euphoric one. The...
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Mobile survey platform to give farmers data to boost yields
By SCOLA KAMAU, TEA Special Correspondent In Summary •GeoPoll, the global mobile survey platform, has partnered with Control Union, a global leader in agricultural certification, food safety and...
Enhanced crops to help fight hunger in Africa
By CHRISTABEL LIGAMI, TEA Special Correspondent In Summary •They are the baobab, groundnuts, white sapota, custard apple, marula, African eggplant, drum stick, lablab beans, finger millet and the...
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Ebola, malaria, HIV/Aids: A mixed bag of results in the effort to stay healthy
By CHRISTABEL LIGAMI IN SUMMARY EBOLA: Kenya sent a team of 15 doctors, Uganda 14, Rwanda 7 and Tanzania 5. In terms of health workers, Kenya will deploy nearly 300, Burundi 250, Uganda 21 and Rwanda...
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One-stop centre on agri data launched
By CHRISTABEL LIGAMI IN SUMMARY It is expected to facilitate exchange of information among the EAC member states on agriculture statistics and will ultimately provide the required indicators for...
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$8.5m gene project for food security
By ISAAC KHISA Special Correspondent IN SUMMARY Plant genetic resources are seeds and planting materials (traditional and modern varieties, crop and wild plant species) that can be used to develop...
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Dilemma of adolescents with HIV
By HALIMA ABDALLAH Special Correspondent Eighteen-year-old Nicolas Lokeri’s smile belies his dilemma: To abstain or not? For how long? “Maybe after school,” he says. Having sex is trickier: He has...