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Obasanjo shares cassava bread with Kikwete Kenya First Country To Protect Girls Against Cervical Cancer Kikwete opens new Science Building to boost agricultural research in sub-Saharan Africa Tanzania’s Kikwete to inaugurate IITA Science Building dedicated to the fight against hunger Kenya requested to support a new wildlife agency for Congo Brazzaville Busia farmers take on the governor over sugar sector New cervical cancer vaccine price cuts to save millions Of Girls In Developing Countries Leaders from China, Africa plot how to strengthen partnership, cooperation and innovation

Obasanjo shares cassava bread with Kikwete

The inclusion of cassava flour in bread received continental attention in Tanzania with the Goodwill Ambassador for the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), former Nigeria’s President Olusegun Obasanjo and the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, His Excellency,…

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Kenya First Country To Protect Girls Against Cervical Cancer

Kenya has on Tuesday become the first country to protect girls against cervical cancer with GAVI-supported human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines. The first round of the HPV demonstration project took place at the Central Primary School in Kitui County in Eastern…

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Kikwete opens new Science Building to boost agricultural research in sub-Saharan Africa

President Kikwete of Tanzania has Tuesday inaugurated a new science building of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Dar es Salaam whose construction represents an investment of over US$4 million.

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Tanzania’s Kikwete to inaugurate IITA Science Building dedicated to the fight against hunger

Dr Mrisho Jakaya Kikwete, the President of Tanzania will, on 13 May, inaugurate the IITA Science Building in Dar es Salaam. The inauguration will be followed by a workshop with the theme "Grow Africa and the role of agricultural research…

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Kenya requested to support a new wildlife agency for Congo Brazzaville

The Republic of Congo Brazzaville has sought Kenya’s expertise in operationalizing and building the capacity of a newly established Congo Agency for Fauna and Protected Areas (CAFPA).

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Busia farmers take on the governor over sugar sector

FURIOUS sugarcane farmers from Busia County are up in arms against Busia County Governor Sospeter Ojaamong over his remarks to remove zoning in sugarcane farming, a move they say is insensitive and might destroy the blossoming sugar industry as it…

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New cervical cancer vaccine price cuts to save millions Of Girls In Developing Countries

A new record low price for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines will help ensure millions of girls in developing countries can be protected against cervical cancer.

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Leaders from China, Africa plot how to strengthen partnership, cooperation and innovation

Leaders from China and Africa met in Gabarone, Botswana this week for the 4th International Roundtable on China-Africa Health Cooperation to strengthen collaboration in health development and share knowledge and technology. The two day roundtable from 6-7 May was the…

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Kenyan Varsity Students to Benefit from a Diabetes Capacity Advancement Program

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Written by Kevin Wafula

More than 1000 Medical Students from the University of Nairobi will benefit from a training program seeking to equip them with skills to avert the diabetes epidemic. The three year Capacity Advancement Program comes hot on the trail of reports that 1.6 million Kenyans are grappling with diabetes with the figure projected to rise to 2.5 million by 2025.

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New plan to fight pneumonia, diarrhoea in children

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Written by Henry Neondo

A new Global Action Plan launched Friday by the UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) has the potential to save up to 2 million children every year from deaths caused by pneumonia and diarrhoea, some of the leading killers of children under five globally.

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Obasanjo, Shein to inaugurate Science Building in Tanzania

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Written by Isa Chuki

Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the President of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar, His Excellency, Dr Ali Mohamed Shein, will be among the special guests to attend the inauguration of the multi-million dollar science building recently constructed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) located in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in East Africa.

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Canada Announce New Funding towards African Health Innovations

The Canadian government will provide seed money to accelerate the implementation of innovative and home-grown projects that aim to reduce disease burden in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Health

Kenya First Country To Protect Girls Against Cervical Cancer

Kenya has on Tuesday become the first country to protect girls against cervical cancer with GAVI-supported human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines. The first round of the HPV demonstration project took place at the Central Primary School in Kitui County in Eastern…

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