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Africa News

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Africa's leading website for science for development, health and environment

 Nairobi, Kenya
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Africa Must Move Sickle Cell Care Beyond Survival, Experts Say africasciencenews.org/africa… via @afriscience #Sicklecell @AfricaHealthFed @Africa_Health1 @AHC_SA @AfricaCDC
Africa Must Move Sickle Cell Care Beyond Survival, Experts Say

Africa Must Move Sickle Cell Care Beyond Survival, Experts Say

By Johnstone Mwilime New treatments offer hope for people living with sickle cell disease, but high costs, delayed diagnosis and stigma continue to limit access across Africa. ACCRA, Ghana, October...

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AI and robotics are reshaping medicine, but human care must remain central africasciencenews.org/ai-and… via @afriscience
AI and robotics are reshaping medicine, but human care must remain central

AI and robotics are reshaping medicine, but human care must remain central

By Africa Science News Artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are transforming healthcare, from surgical procedures and rehabilitation to medical education and home-based care. However, the...

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#BreastCancerAwarenessMonth: Experts Call for Risk-Informed, Equitable Screening Across Africa africasciencenews.org/breast… via @afriscience
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Experts Call for Risk-Informed, Equitable Screening Across Africa

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Experts Call for Risk-Informed, Equitable Screening Across Africa

Improved access to early diagnosis, breast cancer risk assessment and diagnostic services could help address persistent inequalities in cancer care across the continent By Africa Science News Breast...

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New partnership to advance healthcare transformation across the Global South africasciencenews.org/new-pa… via @afriscience
New partnership to advance healthcare transformation across the Global South

New partnership to advance healthcare transformation across the Global South

M42, a global health leader powered by AI, technology and genomics, and Siemens Healthineers, a leading medical technology company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on...

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Africa’s Research Gap Threatens Its Development Ambitions, Warns South African University Leader africasciencenews.org/africa… via @afriscience
Africa’s Research Gap Threatens Its Development Ambitions, Warns South African University Leader

Africa’s Research Gap Threatens Its Development Ambitions, Warns South African University Leader

Prof. Jeffrey calls for sustained investment in science education, research funding and African talent to unlock the continent’s scientific potential. By Africa Science News Africa risks falling...

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Kenya’s Community Health Promoters Face Hidden Mental Health Crisis, Study Finds africasciencenews.org/kenyas… via @afriscience
Kenya’s Community Health Promoters Face Hidden Mental Health Crisis, Study Finds

Kenya’s Community Health Promoters Face Hidden Mental Health Crisis, Study Finds

By Herman Opondo NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s efforts to strengthen universal health coverage (UHC) could be undermined by a largely overlooked crisis among the very workers expected to deliver healthc...

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Ebola: DR Congo receives Roche lab equipment africasciencenews.org/ebola-… via @afriscience @Roche #Ebola
Ebola: DR Congo receives Roche lab equipment

Ebola: DR Congo receives Roche lab equipment

Roche Diagnostics has provided two molecular testing instruments to the Institut National de Santé Publique (INSP), which is supporting the DRC’s Ministry of Health-led Ebola response. The delivery...

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From Half-Cut Books to Life-Saving Alerts: Kenya’s #DigitalHealth Shift africasciencenews.org/from-h… via @afriscience

From Half-Cut Books to Life-Saving Alerts: Kenya’s Digital Health Shift

By Lenah Bosibori For years, many patients in Kenya carried a half-cut exercise book to health facilities. Health workers used it to record patients’ names, diagnoses, and treatments. Patients had to...

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Nigeria: Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu and the African moment in #globalcancer leadership africasciencenews.org/nigeri… via @afriscience #Cancer @uicc #Nigeria
Nigeria: Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu and the African moment in global cancer leadership

Nigeria: Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu and the African moment in global cancer leadership

Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)

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Delayed Referrals, Knowledge Gaps Fuel Maternal Deaths in Kenya africasciencenews.org/delaye… via @afriscience @LenahBosibori #MNCH @MOH_Kenya
Delayed Referrals, Knowledge Gaps Fuel Maternal Deaths in Kenya

Delayed Referrals, Knowledge Gaps Fuel Maternal Deaths in Kenya

By Lenah Bosibori Delayed referrals, long distances to hospitals and limited awareness of pregnancy danger signs remain major contributors to maternal deaths in Kenya, health experts have warned. Dr...

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Eastern Africa horticulture industry launches platform to foster seamless trade africasciencenews.org/easter… via @afriscience
Eastern Africa horticulture industry launches platform to foster seamless trade

Eastern Africa horticulture industry launches platform to foster seamless trade

By Africa Science News Horticulture industry players drawn from nine Eastern African Countries on Tuesday, September.22 launched a platform to promote seamless trade in floriculture across the...

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Africa urged to integrate care for #TBSurvivors as lung disease persists after treatment africasciencenews.org/africa… via @afriscience
Africa urged to integrate care for TB survivors as lung disease persists after treatment

Africa urged to integrate care for TB survivors as lung disease persists after treatment

By Henry Neondo Scientists and health stakeholders are calling for African health systems to move beyond TB treatment and provide integrated long-term care for survivors facing post-tuberculosis lung...

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Africa already has answers to its #health challenges africasciencenews.org/africa… via @afriscience
Africa already has answers to its health challenges

Africa already has answers to its health challenges

By Phenyo Mokgothu Africa does not have to look beyond its borders for every answer to its health challenges. Much of the knowledge, expertise and data needed to find solutions already exist on the...

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Kenya’s Lung Health Services Face Major Gaps Beyond #Tuberculosis africasciencenews.org/kenyas… via @afriscience #TB #Health #TLH @KEMRI_Kenya @MOH_Kenya @LungHealthFdn
Kenya’s Lung Health Services Face Major Gaps Beyond Tuberculosis

Kenya’s Lung Health Services Face Major Gaps Beyond Tuberculosis

By Henry Neondo NAIROBI, Kenya: Kenya’s efforts to tackle respiratory diseases need to move beyond tuberculosis (TB), with a new assessment revealing significant gaps in the availability of equipme...

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Sick and Jobless: Kenya’s Hidden Struggles of #SickleCell Survivors africasciencenews.org/sick-a… via @afriscience @MOH_Kenya #Health @LenahBosibori
Sick and Jobless: Kenya’s Hidden Struggles of Sickle Cell Survivors

Sick and Jobless: Kenya’s Hidden Struggles of Sickle Cell Survivors

By Lenah Bosibori NAIROBI, Kenya — For many young Kenyans, finding a job after college or university is difficult. For people living with sickle cell disease, however, getting a job can be only the...

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Horticulture Stakeholders to Meet in Nairobi to Tackle Regional Trade Hurdles africasciencenews.org/hortic… via @afriscience
Horticulture Stakeholders to Meet in Nairobi to Tackle Regional Trade Hurdles

Horticulture Stakeholders to Meet in Nairobi to Tackle Regional Trade Hurdles

By Lenah Bosibori NAIROBI, Kenya — For farmers growing fruits, vegetables and flowers across Eastern Africa, getting their produce to market can be as challenging as growing it. High freight costs,...

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After USAID Pullback, African Pension Funds Eye Healthcare as an Investment Opportunity africasciencenews.org/after-… via @afriscience @USAID #Pension @HealthCapAfrica #Health
After USAID Pullback, African Pension Funds Eye Healthcare as an Investment Opportunity

After USAID Pullback, African Pension Funds Eye Healthcare as an Investment Opportunity

By Africa Scienc News With international donor funding for healthcare becoming increasingly uncertain following the pullback of USAID and other foreign assistance programmes, African financial...

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Kenya Urged to Build Stronger Pathway for Traditional Medicine africasciencenews.org/kenya-… via @afriscience #TraditionalMedicine #Health @MOH_Kenya @LenahBosibori
Kenya Urged to Build Stronger Pathway for Traditional Medicine

Kenya Urged to Build Stronger Pathway for Traditional Medicine

By Lenah Bosibori Kenya must develop a stronger pathway for integrating traditional medicine into the formal health system while ensuring safety, scientific evidence, and protection of indigenous...

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African Agricultural Universities Face Sustainability Test as TAGDev 2.0 Seeks to Transform Youth Skills and Food Systems #Agriculture #Universities africasciencenews.org/africa… via @afriscience

African Agricultural Universities Face Sustainability Test as TAGDev 2.0 Seeks to Transform Youth...

By Henry Neondo Africa’s efforts to transform its agricultural sector could increasingly depend on whether universities and technical institutions can move beyond traditional classroom-based training...

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