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Three East African Universities have benefited from part of USD1.6 million grant from Carnegie Corporation in New York to two University based research networks in Africa.

Even as governments across the world are bailing out banks, insurance companies and financial institutions to prevent them from going bankrupt and starting a domino effect, they continue to neglect the poor farmers in their countries, an action that can have short- and long-term adverse impacts on national and global economies.

The Microbicide Trials Network, a worldwide collaborative group  has released final results from its Phase II/IIb safety and effectiveness study of two microbicides, BufferGel and PRO2000 (0.5 percent concentration), both vaginal gels being tested to prevent HIV transmission to women during sex.

An MP's remarks in Swaziland that calls for the branding of people living with HIV on the buttocks has Swazi residents in upproar with leaders calling for free debate on the issue.

A new initiative to root out larger grain borer (LGB) which destroys close to 20% on average of maize in storage poor farmers’ granaries annually in Africa is expected to be launched Tuesday in Nairobi, Kenya.

The second all-Africa Carbon Forum will launch with an opening ceremony at the United Nations Gigiri complex, Nairobi, Kenya on Wednesday.

There is an urgent need for the Government to deregulate the anti-malarial treatment – Artemisinin Combination Therapy (ACT) in order to address the critical access gap to effective anti-malarial treatment in Kenya.