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Africa’s Health won’t improve without reliable data and collaboration*

Africa’s Health won’t improve without reliable data and collaboration*

by Hastings Ndebvu | Sep 6, 2016 | Health Science, Research, Stories

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights asserts that “all people are born equal in dignity and rights”. Sadly, this statement doesn’t reflect billions of people’s daily lives. Health is one of the areas in which many – if not most – people have no real rights....
Scientists look to mosquito data to map spread of disease

Scientists look to mosquito data to map spread of disease

by Hastings Ndebvu | Jun 1, 2015 | Health Science

Mosquitoes that carry the dengue and chikungunya viruses are more widespread than ever, believe scientists mapping the global spread of the insects. There are no treatments or vaccines for these diseases, so knowing where the mosquitoes that transmit them occur and...
First African anti-malaria drug to enter clinical trial

First African anti-malaria drug to enter clinical trial

by Hastings Ndebvu | May 1, 2015 | Health Science

“We need to debunk the myth that Africa cannot be a source of health innovation,” says Kelly Chibale, Director of the Drug Discovery and Development Centre at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He believes there should be more African-led drug research so that...
Giant rats helping control TB in Mozambique, Tanzania*

Giant rats helping control TB in Mozambique, Tanzania*

by Hastings Ndebvu | Apr 1, 2015 | Health Science

A technology that relies on trained African giant pouched rats — named HeroRATS — to sniff out tuberculosis (TB) and diagnose the disease faster than conventional diagnostic methods is helping save lives in Mozambique and Tanzania. Mozambique and Tanzania are among 22...

NUANCE – November 2014

by Chris Rohrer | Nov 19, 2014 | AfricaConnect, Health Science, UbuntuNet Connect, ZAMREN

Pan-African research and education network to be realized soon “We are convinced that working together, the dream of a pan-African research and education network will be fulfilled soon, through the junction of the UbuntuNet Alliance, West and Central Africa Research...

NUANCE – September 2014

by Chris Rohrer | Sep 19, 2014 | Climate Change, eI4Africa, Health Science, SADC, SudREN, TERNET, UbuntuNet Connect, WACREN

Lifetime benefits to be gained from East Africa’s Collaborative  Climate Change Initiative The Sub-Saharan Africa, like the rest of the world, has not been spared from the effects of climate change. Recent UN data indicates that, if not much investment is made in...
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