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By Racey Muchilwa Over the past 20 years, addressing the major, unresolved global health challenges has evolved from purely donation-based programs towards models with sustainable social impact.  Partnerships in capacity building among healthcare workers have also helped strengthen access to healthcare.  PPPs can create a common understanding around critical health needs, harness different strengths, and cultivate shared accountability between partners.  The Sub-Saharan Africa...

By Ebrahim Adamjee Pregnancy reduces maternal immunity to malaria and other illnesses. Despite efforts, malaria remains a significant health challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa. Regular monitoring of antimalarial drug efficacy is needed to inform treatment policies in malaria-endemic countries. For decades now, malaria has been a major public health threat, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. According to the World Health...

By Samuel Okerosi and Boaz Khuteka Event held by KCUCSA at Kisii University. Aim was to empower youth and open them to more opportunities. Charlene Ruto graced the occasion. As young people, we have a voice, we have ideas. We are creative and brilliant, and we must utilize the available avenues and platforms to voice our ideas and our creativityCharlene Ruto. The...

By Dr. Teresa Mwoma ACDE was formally launched in January 2004 at Egerton University, Kenya.  The train-the-trainer workshop participants were drawn from 15 higher education learning institutions in seven countries. Collaboration and cooperation in using the ACDE Quality Assurance toolkit are to be promoted among ACDE and non-ACDE member institutions for use.  The African Council for Distance Education (ACDE) is a continental educational...

By Njeri Kabeberi Today, April 2023, is Professor Wangari Maathai’s birthday.  She would have been eighty-three (83) years and knowing her, I am sure she would still be championing peace across the globe with zeal and fervor. But even more importantly, she would be very concerned about what is currently happening in Kenya and her voice would have joined or been leading...

By Brian Mallari Worrying about losing data isn’t something you have to lose sleep over if you have an active data backup strategy. March 31 is World Backup Day and there’s no better time to evaluate your business backup plan. Take a moment to think about all of the data your business currently has stored digitally.  Customer account documents, databases, financial statements,...

By Isaac Bw’Onyancha The creation of the Nyamira county third County Integrated  Development Plan (CIDP 2023-27) is currently underway and in earnest.  The entire process involves such steps as reviewing the previous CIDP and the sector-specific performance, and conducting and incorporating community priorities through rigorous public participation forums such as public forums, memoranda and events. The rationale of public participation in the...

By Harriet Ng’ok Inadequate access to and cost of modern medicines and drugs to treat and manage diseases in middle- and low-income countries, especially in Africa, may have contributed to the widespread use of traditional medicines in these regions, especially in poor households.  Research A study published in the African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines (AJTCAM) posits that in 36...

By Carolyne Afroetry, The Unapologetic Poet There is energy in a name.Your names have a historythat catapults the flamesof your identity.It sets you apart from everyone.Your surname remarks heredity. Your name is your shield.It conjures memories and feelings.It denotes a connection.Your name is a footage ofamazing scrolls splashingthe essence of indestructibility. Your name is what your mothercalls you when she cuddles you.Your...

DUBAI, UAE, 16th February 2022 (PSCU) – President Uhuru Kenyatta has assured global investors that Kenya is open and safe for business. Speaking when he launched celebrations to mark the Kenya National Day at the Expo 2020 Dubai, President Kenyatta said his administration has put in place a legal framework for investment that provides adequate investor protection in line with...