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People in low-resource countries who are ill with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) will get a faster diagnosis -- in two days, not the standard two to three months -- and appropriate treatment.

A new more portent drug than naturally derived artemisinin for malaria treatment has been discovered. The drug is made from simple organic molecules and will be cheaper to mass-produce compared to existing therapies.

Amid a growing food crisis in the Sahel region in West Africa, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) announced Thursday that a large number of families in the Maradi region of Niger are managing to sustain themselves by utilizing cereal banks.

With diminished access to EU markets threatening to cost African farmers millions of dollars in lost exports, an international assemblage of banana experts meeting in Kenya warns African growers must move quickly to take advantage of many local and regional opportunities.

Malaria cases in Sub-Sahara Africa are increasing. In contrast however, a number of countries in region are recording remarkable progress towards beating a disease that kills thousands of children under five years of age and pregnant mothers. Kenya for example, continues to register remarkable progress in reducing incidences of malaria, Prof Onesmo ole-Moiyoi, a molecular biologist and a director at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) says.

Community health promotion in Kenya has received impetus as health stakeholders in both public and private sectors join forces to undertake far-reaching intervention measures on major diseases afflicting the rural poor.

A pastoralist community in Tanzania, Barbaig community protested a move by the government to allocate a wildlife corridor linking Lake Manyara eco-system to the Tarangire National park in Northern Tanzania to some French entrepreneurs intending to establish hotels.