The health of millions of African children will prominently feature at the TICAD 7 set for Yokohama, Japan. At the event, held on the eve of GAVI’s 20th anniversary, Japan will host a launch meeting for the Vaccine Alliance’s third replenishment to continue its work vaccinating millions of children in the world’s poorest countries. “Japan has…
Conference plots for a Global Action against Typhoid and related diseases
The 11th International Conference on Typhoid and Other Invasive Salmonelloses holds in Hanoi, Vietnam and brings together more than 450 researchers, policymakers and advocates dedicated to improving the lives of young children and their families suffering from typhoid, paratyphoid and invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella. During this three-day conference hosted by the Coalition against Typhoid, a program…
CERN to unveil its new Science Gateway project
As part of its mission to educate and engage the public in science, CERN is launching the Science Gateway, a new facility dedicated to science education and outreach. The Science Gateway will be hosted in a new, iconic building on CERN’s Meyrin site, designed by world-renowned Renzo Piano Building Workshop, architects. Construction is planned to…
Building a TB-Free World feasible, Lancet Commission declares
Rapid, sustained declines in tuberculosis deaths in many countries during the past 50 years provide compelling evidence that ending the pandemic is feasible, a report by the Lancet Commission released ahead of World TB Day discloses. At the heart of the report is a recognition that TB preventive therapy can be an effective intervention to…
thyssenkrupp wins major order for fertiliser plant in Egypt
thyssenkrupp’s plant engineering business has won a major order from the Egyptian chemical and fertiliser manufacturer NCIC (El Nasr Company for Intermediate Chemicals). thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions is a leading partner for the engineering, construction and service of industrial plants and systems. “We have a particularly successful partnership with Egypt stretching back more than 160 years…
New regulation could impact SA’s medical device market
As South Africa moves towards universal healthcare with a National Health Insurance System (NHIS), this, combined with the Competition Commission’s market inquiry and further changing legislation will effect radical change to the purchasing and provision of private and public healthcare in South Africa. Along with Egypt, South Africa accounts for 40% of the medical devices…
Turning a ‘tragic plastic’ problem into a nation building solution
Don Thompson, the CEO of The Center of Regenerative Design and Collaboration (CRDC) plans to turn all South Africa’s unrecycled plastic waste, at 1 100 000 million tons per year, into jobs, clean our environment and help build houses, hospitals, schools and roads. He is the inventor of a process that can turn any plastic…
Ghanaian female scientist receives international award for research
Dr Priscilla Mante from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana has been named one of the 15 International Rising Talents and the only African award recipient in 2019’s ‘Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Rising Talent Award, becoming the first recipient of the award from her institution. Dr. Priscilla Kolibea Mante is researching…