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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
by Chris Rohrer | Aug 19, 2014 | Bioinformatics, Health Science, INASP, NSRC, Training
Zimbabwe launches NREN A National Research and Education Network (NREN) is born South of the Sahara. Launched on August 7, 2014, at Midlands State University in Gweru, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Research and Education Network becomes the 15th NREN in the region. Speaking...
