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. …
Date: 18-Feb-09 Country: KENYA Author: Daniel Wallis NAIROBI - Up to a quarter of global food production could be lost by 2050 due to the combined impact of climate change, land degradation and loss, water scarcity and species infestation, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The fall-off will strike just …
This paper synthesizes the findings of a study carried out by Ecoagriculture Partners and the International Institute for Environment and Development on behalf of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation to explore opportunities for sustainable development in East Africa. It is based on a survey of nearly 200 leaders in …
More than 60 percent of the population of Nairobi lives in the numerous slums located around the city. Kibera slum is one of the 146 slums of the Kenyan capital and the second biggest slum in Africa (after Soweto in South Africa). Around one million people are currently living in …
Addressing food insecurity in resource-poor settings is difficult in any context. However, in protracted refugee camp situations, where people are almost entirely dependant on humanitarian assistance, the challenges are even greater. The development and adaptation of multi-storey gardens has been tried in refugee camps in Kenya with impressive success.
The promising results from trials of a malaria vaccine developed by GlaxoSmithKline have kindled hopes of a breakthrough in combating this mosquito-transmitted disease that infects nearly 250 million people, killing about a million every year. The findings of the human tests of the experimental vaccine (named RTS,S), conducted in Kenya …
Poverty, pollution and working conditions: the opportunities and challenges of today's economic globalisation are closely connected. Opportunities to improve living conditions, raise educational standards and establish better health care through participation in global supply chains are certainly there. Yet at the same time, while we are all competing globally, there …
Move over traditional tracking devices, the cell phone just got handier. Kenyan authorities now have their phones buzzing with text messages from elephants, warning the officials of their unauthorized presence in villagers
A penny saved is a penny earned. That is a maxim that telecom operators worldwide appear to have adopted as a motto. While that is not unusual, what is heartening is that they are looking at saving on energy costs through renewable energy sources and better equipment. Safaricom, Kenya
Fighting over boreholes in arid northern Kenya has killed at least four people as competition for resources mounts in the drought-hit region, the Kenyan Red Cross said on Friday. Locals said the death toll was higher after two days of clashes between the Murulle and Garre clans in Elwak, Mandera …
This paper discusses the effects of global change in African mountains, with the example of Mount Kenya. The geographical focus is the northwestern, semi-arid foot zone of the mountain (Laikipia District). Over the past 50 years, this area has experienced rapid and profound transformation, the respective processes of which are …
To restrain the growth of Kruger's elephant population, 14,562 animals were culled from 1967 to 1995, when South Africa banned the practice. "It was extraordinarily traumatic," says Ian Whyte, the park's longtime elephant specialist, who witnessed many of the culls. "You had to shut your mind to it, otherwise you'd …
To combat malaria, the Kenya Ministry of Health and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have distributed insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) for use over beds, with coverage for children under five years of age increasing rapidly. Nevertheless, residents of fishing villages have started to use these bed nets for drying fish and fishing in …
MORE than 14 million people in the East Africa region require urgent food aid owing to drought and spiralling cereal and fuel prices, aid agencies say. In an emergency appeal on July 24, Oxfam warns that millions of people in Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Djibouti and Kenya are fast being pushed …
A study in Science (June 2008, Vol 320, No 5884) shows that plants are relocating to higher altitudes to escape warming temperatures. The study found new generations thriving at higher altitudes and dying out at lower ones, leading to a shift in the population, at an average rate of 29 …
Xan Rice In an emergency appeal on Thursday, Oxfam warns that millions of people in Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Djibouti and Kenya are fast being pushed "towards severe hunger and destitution'. Earlier this week the U.N. said it needed
