Quest for Quality Health Infrastructure in Africa Launched

African Development Bank (AfDB) headquarters in Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Quest for Quality Health Infrastructure in Africa Launched

November 18, 2021November 18, 2021

By African Development Bank Published November 18, 2021 African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched a consultation process with health ministers and other partners as it develops a strategy to drive enhanced access to health services across Africa through 2030. Input from ministers in the Bank’s 54 regional member countries, development…

Otsieno Namwaya, East Africa Director at Human Rights Watch.

Irregularities Mar Kenya’s COVID-19 Cash Transfers

August 26, 2021August 26, 2021

By Human Rights Watch Press Published August 26, 2021 Kenyan authorities failed to design a social security programme that would guarantee everyone an adequate standard of living during the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic. In a report titled We Are All Vulnerable Here: Kenya’s Pandemic Cash Transfer Program Riddled with Irregularities,…

Though the data used to compile the index was gathered before the COVID-19 pandemic and uses the latest available data to enable global comparability, the index, while setting a baseline to build upon as the world recovers from the impacts of COVID-19, does not take into account the pandemic’s impact.

New Global Study Ranks Countries on Youth Development

August 13, 2021August 13, 2021

By Abdi Ali Published August 13, 2021 A new survey that looks at the status of people aged 15 – 29 years around the world shows that sub-Saharan Africa has made the greatest strides in improving the health of the youth between 2010 and 2018. The 2020 Global Youth Development…

December 10, 2020

By Abdi Ali Published December 10, 2020 Some 1.7 million small-scale farmers in Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan will soon receive personalised agricultural advice through their mobile phones as a means to improve their incomes, food security and resilience to economic shocks caused by COVID-19. RELATED:Higher Education Conference Calls for Pan-African…

Dr Ahmadou Lamin Samateh, Health Minister of the Gambia, chaired the meeting

Commonwealth Calls for Resilient Health Systems

May 23, 2020

By Abdi Ali Published May 23, 2020 The Commonwealth has called for resilient health systems across the world. The 32nd annual Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting, congregating on May 14, 2020 via video conferencing, agreed to work with finance ministers to promote sustainable strategies to finance the implementation of universal health…

Garlic is used mostly in the control of high blood pressure, high levels of cholesterol and hardening of the arteries.

Fight COVID-19 With Anti-Viral and Immune-Boosting Herbs and Spices

May 10, 2020May 11, 2020

By Iminza Keboge Published May 10, 2020 Kenyans have been advised to prepare their meals with anti-viral and immune-boosting herbs and spices as a measure to fight the novel Coronavirus. “As you stay home to #KomeshaCorona try to add the following anti-viral and immune-boosting herbs and spices you prepare for…

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