WHO efforts to have Kenyan tobacco farmers ditch crop
“I was always sick when I grew tobacco, yet it’s earnings were not that much,”…
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Troubling insight into Africa’s share in heavy burden of climate change
This week at the Annual Meetings of the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) in Sharm El-Sheikh,…
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Covid-19 no longer a global health emergency, says WHO chief Tedros
The Covid-19 pandemic, which for over three years has killed millions of people, wreaked economic…
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New global hubs to study antimicrobial resistance in humans
The new initiative will help to improve clinical decision-making regarding antimicrobial use and to inform…
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WHO committee to discuss current alarm status of Covid
The panel's 15th meeting on the crisis comes more than three years after it first…
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Somalia on the brink of famine after five failed rainy seasons
East Africa's worst drought in 40 years has forced millions of Somalis to leave their…
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Shifting climate zones: Kenya arid regions expand 10pc in 40 years
“In the past 40 years arid climate regions in Kenya have expanded from 72 to…
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Marburg death toll in Tanzania rises to six after baby dies
The death of the child brought the country’s Marburg death toll to six since its…
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Tonnes of waste: Kenya seeks investors to recycle trash
Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry Soipan Tuya this week pitched the…
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Net zero emissions target for airlines to cost $1.7trn
An assessment by World Economic Forum (WEF) reveals that the costs of transitioning from fossil…