- SciDev
- 22/6/24 03:54
Country leaders and donors commit to eliminating malaria and NTDs at key summit in Kigali.
Country leaders and donors commit to eliminating malaria and NTDs at key summit in Kigali.
THURSDAY 23. JUNE 2022
A World Trade Organization deal on patents is not the intellectual property waiver that campaigners hoped to see.
WEDNESDAY 22. JUNE 2022
Africa Science Focus travels to Dubti Hospital in northern Ethiopia, where child malnutrition cases are rising by 30% a month.
TUESDAY 21. JUNE 2022
Good surveillance and diagnostics are central to containing monkeypox which is spreading rapidly worldwide.
FRIDAY 17. JUNE 2022
Sickle cell disease disproportionately affects babies in Africa, but many go undiagnosed due to lack of screening.
WEDNESDAY 15. JUNE 2022
The cost of climate disasters is rising exponentially but donors are not keeping up, say campaigners.
African scientists raised the alarm as early as 2010 to warn that monkeypox could become a global health concern.
TUESDAY 14. JUNE 2022
Researchers use geospatial imagery to assess global carbon stocks and better target climate change mitigation efforts.
THURSDAY 9. JUNE 2022
The ‘silent pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance can be beaten by improving access to treatment, new research says.
WEDNESDAY 8. JUNE 2022
A draft deal on patent waivers for COVID-19 vaccines has been widely panned by critics ahead of a key meeting.
Free coding clubs are springing up across Africa, with kids as young as three learning to speak the language of computers.
MONDAY 6. JUNE 2022
Researchers say immunisation campaigns targeting first six months are vital to stem respiratory syncytial virus.
WEDNESDAY 1. JUNE 2022
Project uses artificial intelligence to develop oral antiviral drugs against COVID-19, dengue and Zika.
Coffee drinkers could soon rely on hybrid varieties to meet demand, as traditional coffee plants come under threat.
FRIDAY 27. MAY 2022
Pakistan controls lumpy skin disease in cattle but there are fears of a second wave around Eid in July.
THURSDAY 26. MAY 2022
India’s wheat export curbs may ensure food security but deny farmers and traders profits.
WEDNESDAY 25. MAY 2022
Urgent action is needed to stop deaths from the ‘deadliest infection’ by 2030, say diseases specialists.
FRIDAY 20. MAY 2022
COVID-19 will remain uncontrolled in many countries unless coordinated action is taken, warn scientists.
WEDNESDAY 18. MAY 2022
Scientists seek solutions as conflict and climate change threaten to leave 320 million facing acute hunger.
Maize prices soar as Sub-Saharan Africa production hit by climate change, global conflict and fertiliser shortages.