Pascale Ondoa and Yewande Alimi Staphylococcus aureus is the source of a skin infection that can turn deadly if drug resistant. Estimates regarding the most common resistant variation, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), exceed 100,000 deaths globally in 2019. But up until recently, we did not have a solid grasp on how much of a…
How Regenerative Agriculture Can Increase Africa’s Food Production
By Ndidi Nwuneli [in], Bogolo Kenewendo [in], and Zoë Karl-Waithaka [in] As global stakeholders work towards COP27, the next climate change conference, and accelerate efforts to confront the climate crisis, there has been increasing focus on “regenerative agriculture” – a term that is widely used but not always well understood. How it is defined…
International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development
With the coordination of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) working on behalf of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and National Research Foundation (NRF), South Africa scientific community launched the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development last week. So far, 50+ science entities, higher education institutions and schools…
World Malaria Day 2022 Official Statement
By H.E. Minata Samate Cessouma Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, African Union Commission The African Union Commission joins the world to commemorate World Malaria Day 2022 under the theme “Advance Equity. Build Resilience. End Malaria” as we all strive to meet the global goal to eradicate malaria by 2030. I am…
Eradicating polio would eradicate so much tragedy
Dr Matshidiso Moeti In the outskirts of Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, just beyond where paved roads transition to dirt, an undiagnosed polio infection paralysed a three-year-old girl. From one day to the next, the child’s life was changed forever. Among Africa’s public health community, we had looked at our successes against wild poliovirus as a cause…
In this global pandemic, Africa should not be left behind and forgotten
The target for achieving full vaccination rates of 40% in every country by the end of December 2021 put out by the World Health Organization (WHO) has been missed across most of Africa. The organization reports that a mere 3% of the almost 8 billion doses given globally have been administered in Africa, and only around 8%…
Kalahari Process™ unlocks full potential of iron ore tailings
The iron ore price surged in early December after customs data revealed that China’s iron ore imports rose 14.6% in November from a month earlier to hit their highest level since July 2020. It follows a slump in output from top producer China due to the government’s intention to cut production to clean up the…
Why continued poverty in the arid and semi-arid areas of Kenya is a human rights issue
By Henry Neondo Today is Human Rights Day, which is marked every 10th of December. In the context of the ravages, deaths and destruction brought by the ongoing drought in northern Kenya, partly as a result of lack of political will to tackle the systemic poverty in the area, nothing else deserves special mention today.…