This document presents the findings of a modelling study that examined in detail the costs and benefits of tuberculosis (TB) screening plus TB preventive treatment (TPT) in four countries – Brazil, Georgia, Kenya and South Africa – which may serve as examples for other settings with a similar epidemiological context. …
The local government of Baringo in the Rift Valley County and the World Food Programme on Wednesday disclosed they have entered into a two-year agreement on reinforcing the ability of the local authorities to address hunger in one of Kenya’s most food-insecure counties. In Kenya’s devolved system of government, county …
Kenya is in the last stage of adopting genetically modified organisms if an application to secure a licence to supply cotton seeds is approved. Monsanto Kenya Ltd - a subsidiary of Monsanto Company - is a publicly traded US multinational agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation and submitted an application to …
The Israeli government has donated items worth Sh1 million to more than 1,000 families affected by floods in Migori county. The Israeli and Kenyan governments have hinted at starting programmes to increase food security in the region. Israeli Ambassador Yahel Vilan on Monday donated three bulls, 100 bags of maize, …
Garbage has started pilling up in several back streets in Nairobi after strategies City Hall had come up with, to streamline waste disposal management, failed to work. The presence of the stinking waste in the city centre is now causing untold suffering to residents particularly owners of eateries who are …
ATHI RIVER deputy county commissioner Kodeck Makori has announced a cholera outbreak in Athi River town. He addressed a public baraza in the town on Wednesday. Makori said two cases have been reported and being treated at Athi River Health Centre. He said the two adults are from Kwa Mangeli …
The government has received a Sh15 billion grant from Denmark to improve governance structures, health and environment. Environmental conservation and related investments for job creation will take the lion share of the funds at Sh7.5 billion. Primary healthcare and maternal health will get Sh4 billion to be sunk into expanding …
Elephants may be keeping up with their social networks despite being hunted. Scientists have found that while these animals are under pressure, they still have rich social networks among groups. Poachers killed about 100,000 Africa's elephants for their ivory between 2010 and 2012. Older and more experienced individuals were at …
Countries in the World Trade Organization (WTO) have agreed to abolish subsidies on farming exports. Developed countries agreed to stop the subsidies immediately and developing nations must follow by the end of 2018. The WTO, which represents 162 countries, called it "the most significant outcome on agriculture" since the body's …
The Lake Turkana wind project will start generating power next year, Denmark Foreign Affairs minister Kristian Jensen said yesterday. The project, funded by the Danish government, will contribute 310 Megawatts of wind energy to the national grid. Jensen spoke at the World Trade Organization conference at KICC, Nairobi. The project …
Seven people have died and 541 admitted after a cholera outbreak in Dadaab's Dagahaley refugee camp. About 30 per cent of the patients are children under twelve, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said, adding the heavy rains and poor sanitation stoked the spread. "The rains are exacerbating an already precarious hygiene …
Touted as the city in the sun, and the only city with a national park within it, Nairobi's future to sticking to that iconic status is slowly fading away. Established in 1946 as a seasonal park, Nairobi National Park's acreage has remained intact with the animals confined in 117.21 square …
Residents of Oldonyiro, Isiolo County are counting losses after raging floods swept away their livestock on Monday. The floods swept away more than 200 goats, 13 camels, seven donkeys and 25 houses following the ongoing rains which pound many parts of the region. Red Cross regional coordinator Mr Gitonga Mugambi …
African countries have agreed to cooperate in setting limits for use of lead in paints with a view to phasing it out by 2020. This is because of its dangers to human beings, especially to children, and the environment. In a workshop jointly organised by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) …
Two Kenyan men have been charged with killing two lions and poisoning at least six others, a Kenyan wildlife official said on Tuesday, in a case involving a pride of lions which starred in a long-running BBC wildlife documentary. Simindei Naurobi and Kulankash Topotat pleaded not guilty to the charges, …
With just a week for the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) ministerial meeting to commence in Nairobi, talks remain deadlocked with no end in sight for India's demand to find a permanent solution to its food security problem. While the G-33, a developing country grouping including India, is insisting that a …
Johannesburg — SUB-SAHARAN Africa has taken the lead in the endorsement of clean energy with revelations some countries in the region having eclipsed the world's wealthiest countries in attracting investments in such renewable energy sources in 2014. According to a global assessment, during the period, countries south of the Sahara …
Olkiramatian — This market centre in the arid Lake Magadi region, Kajiado of Southern Kenya is with no grid electricity. The area is inhabited by the pastoralist Maasai community. With climate change affecting their pastoral way of life, the community is increasingly adopting a more sedentary life but without amenities. …
The victims come from the Marsh Pride, a family of lions living in the Masai Mara National Reserve in southwest Kenya. They were the stars of the long-running and hugely popular BBC series called Big Cat Diary. They even have their own Facebook page, where the poisoning was confirmed. On …
Illegal ivory has halved in value in China according to new research, leading to hopes that the demand which drives poaching in Africa might be on the wane. Kenya-based conservation organisation Save the Elephants said Monday that the price of illegal raw ivory in China had fallen to $1,100 (1,000 …
Enteric fever due to Salmonella Typhi (typhoid fever) occurs in urban areas with poor sanitation. While direct fecal-oral transmission is thought to be the predominant mode of transmission, recent evidence suggests that indirect environmental transmission may also contribute to disease spread. Original Source
