Invest in infrastructure to retain Africa’s scientists
African countries lack the infrastructure and entrepreneurial support needed to retain science graduates, thus impacting…
Monthly Archives: August, 2017
Bringing poverty-alleviating solutions to market in India, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda
Six social entrepreneurs who are addressing pressing poverty challenges through market-based approaches have been selected…
Initiative aims to use nanotechnology to purify water
A five-year project focusing on the use of nanotechnology for addressing environmental challenges in Africa…
Global blindness set to ‘triple by 2050’
The number of blind people across the world is set to triple within the next…
Closing the breast cancer divide in sub-Saharan Africa
Researchers from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre and the Uganda Cancer Institute are launching a clinical…
Seventy seven percent of children 12–23 months in Nigeria did not receive all routine immunisation – survey findings
A major survey finding from 2016 Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey/National Immunisation Survey Coverage (MICS/NICS) reveals…
Pioneering type 1 diabetes therapy safe
The first trial of a pioneering therapy to retrain the immune system and slow the…
Only 3% of world’s healthcare workers are in Africa
African health experts are set to tackle health challenges on the continent by providing innovative…
Next-generation mosquito nets on the way
The World Health Organization (WHO) has provisionally recommended the use of a new generation of…