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Liberia: Liberian Scientists Detect Monkeypox Clade-Iib, No Mpox Deaths Reported
Monrovia -- The National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) announces that Liberian scientists have acquired genomic sequencing detected and identified Monkeypox virus Clade IIb in the c...
Africa: African Speakers Connect in Kazakhstan at Future Conference
Astana, Kazakhstan -- African speakers featured prominently at the recent How to Form a Synchronized Vision of the Future conference in the Kazakhstan capital of Astana in the heart of Central A...
Africa: COP16 Delivers On Indigenous Peoples, Digital Sequencing, but Fails On Finance
Cali, Columbia -- The curtains fell on the 16th Conference of the Parties of UN Biodiversity (COP16) on Sunday without any formal closing. In a voice message, David Ainsworth, the Communications...
Africa: 'No, Long Covid is Not a Thing in Your Head, You're Sick'
Cape Town -- allAfrica's Juanita Williams sat down with Professor Resia Pretorius, Stellenbosch University, who's been researching how blood clots form and the impact of inflammation for two dec...
Zimbabwe: Research, Innovation Anchor Uz Industrialisation Week
The University of Zimbabwe is running its Industrialisation Week, highlighting research and innovation as key drivers for Zimbabwe's economic transformation.
Africa: Being Mentally Flexible Might Influence Our Attitudes to Vaccination, a New Study Shows
Making decisions about our health is a complex and sometimes difficult process.
Africa: Scientific Research Can Play a Key Role in Unlocking Climate Finance
Climate finance will come under intense scrutiny during COP29, and its distribution aligned with scientific analysis of the impacts of climate change, but the methodology ignores the inequality ...
Nigeria: WACP Takes Medical Outreach to Kuje Community of FCT
The West African College of Physicians,WACP,has embarked on a medical outreach to Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
Africa: Bioeconomy Offers Path to Mitigating Climate Change, Enhancing Food Production
Nairobi -- Bioeconomy is the production, use, and conservation of biological resources to produce goods that sustain communities. A new report says the promotion of bioeconomy as a way to deal w...
South Africa: South Africa Amended Its Research Guidelines to Allow for Heritable Human Genome Editing
A little-noticed change to South Africa's national health research guidelines, published in May of this year, has put the country on an ethical precipice. The newly added language appears to pos...
Central Africa: 4,300 Tonnes of Space Junk and Rising - Another Satellite Breakup Adds to Orbital Debris Woes
A large communications satellite has broken up in orbit, affecting users in Europe, Central Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia, and adding to the growing swarm of space junk clouding ou...
Africa: Some People Love to Scare Themselves in an Already Scary World - Here's the Psychology of Why
Fall for me as a teenager meant football games, homecoming dresses - and haunted houses. My friends organized group trips to the local fairground, where barn sheds were turned into halls of horr...
Africa: New Research Shows Most Space Rocks Crashing Into Earth Come From a Single Source
The sight of a fireball streaking across the sky brings wonder and excitement to children and adults alike. It's a reminder that Earth is part of a much larger and incredibly dynamic system.
Africa: Capacity Building Is Key to Africa's Digital Sequencing Success Story
Bulawayo -- Christian Tiambo has always wished to uplift local farmers' communities through cutting-edge science.
South Africa: New Laboratories to Ignite a Passion for Science and Technology in South Africa's Rural Classrooms
Ford South Africa and its partners have donated 100 containerised maths and science laboratories to underprivileged schools over the past year. These facilities will immediately benefit 20,000 l...
Rwanda: What $10m Agri-Biotech Programme Means for Rwanda
Farmers and agriculture sector leaders have said they expect a new five-year scheme called Rwanda Agricultural Biotechnology Program, to support improvement in crop productivity, by addressing p...
Africa: 'Antiretrovirals Alone Will Not End the HIV Pandemic' - 4 Key Takeaways from #HIVR4P2024
The 5th HIV Research for Prevention Conference (HIVR4P 2024) held in Lima, Peru, marked a significant milestone in the global fight against HIV, bringing together more than 1,300 scientists, adv...
Nigeria: Naseni to Strengthen Procurement Process
The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC)/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) Khalil Suleiman Halilu, has said his administration is ...
Africa: The New Public Health Order - Charting Africa's Path to Health Sovereignty
The Africa CDC was the first to declare the current mpox outbreak in some African countries as a public health emergency of continental security. This was followed by WHO's declaration of mpox a...
Africa: Long-Lasting Protection - The Future of HIV Prevention in Africa
Lima, Peru -- Imagine a world where an HIV prevention method lasts for six months, offering protection without the daily hassle of taking a pill. This could soon be a reality as new long-acting ...
Africa: A Commitment to Invest in Our Common Health
We all value our health and the health of those close to us. Yet despite great strides in science and innovation, our health is under threat, even in the most developed countries. As leaders in ...
Africa: Gazing At Your Dog Can Connect Your Brain With Theirs, Research Shows
It might sound far-fetched, but recent research suggests that dogs' and humans' brains synchronise when they look at each other.
Africa: New Virus Uncovered in China - Is This a Sign Tick-Borne Diseases Are On the Rise?
Ticks are responsible for spreading over 25 human and animal diseases. While you may be familiar with some of these - such as Lyme disease - there are many others you've probably never heard of,...
Rwanda: Inside Rwanda's New Rwf13bn Agri-Biotech Programme
A new five-year scheme called Rwanda Agricultural Biotechnology Program (Cassava, Maize, Potato - CMP), is expected to contribute to improvement in crop productivity, according to its developers...
Rwanda: Can Visiting Genocide Memorials Make You More Empathic?
Each year, people visit museums and memorial sites as part of educational interventions organised around the remembrance of a genocide or an atrocity. Many schools visit a concentration camp as ...
Africa: 'What Inspired Me Was to Provide Solutions to People' - HIV Prevention Advocate Idah Mulala
Lima, Peru -- Research has shown that social behavior change is a cost-effective tool in HIV prevention, particularly when combined with robust advocacy efforts. When young people are equipped w...
Africa: Time to Embrace HIV Prevention Tools While We Wait For The Cure
Lima, Peru -- allAfrica's Sethi Ncube is in Lima, Peru, for the 5th HIV Research for Prevention Conference, HIVR4P 2024, reporting from the only global scientific conference focused on the chall...
Rwanda: Gilead Sciences, Rwanda's Ministry of Health and Af...urg Virus Disease Response With Antiviral Therapeutic Donation
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 8, 2024 -- Gilead Sciences, Inc., in collaboration with Africa CDC and Rwanda's Ministry of Health, has donated 5,100 vials of remdesivir to support Rwanda's respo...
Africa: A Geomagnetic Storm Has Hit Earth - a Space Scientist Explains What Causes Them
A geomagnetic storm lit up the night sky in parts of the US during the first weekend in October. South Africa's National Space Agency (Sansa) told reporters that the storm had originated from a ...
Africa: Africa's Researchers Playing Crucial Role in Advancing HIV Prevention #HIVR4P2024
Lima, Peru -- Africa is contributing to groundbreaking data from the PURPOSE 2 study, which explores twice-yearly lenacapavir for HIV prevention. This study, with participants from South Africa ...