Better Reporting on Road Safety Can Save Lives – Report The #report reveals how news on the #African continent typically fails to inform the public of the growing road safety crisis’s nature, impact, and scale. ➡️🔗 #RoadSafety #Roadcrashes #collisions

#Climate Change, Land Sub-division, Infrastructure Development Threaten Kenya’s #Biodiversity Climate change, sub-division of land and ongoing infrastructure development threaten Kenya’s biodiversity, a 2024 study conducted by Nature Kenya reveals. ➡️🔗

Shift from Reactive to Anticipatory Actions in Disaster Management, FAO Urges @FAO has called for a shift from reactive to anticipatory actions in management of #drought, #floods, #conflict, and #displacement in the Horn of Africa (HoA) region. ➡️🔗

#Kenya Launches Initiative to Improve Availability, Accessibility to Quality #Milk Kenya has launched a four-year initiative aimed at improving the availability and accessibility of safe, affordable and quality milk for consumption. ➡️📎

#Uganda Starts Clinical Trial for #Ebola Sudan Strain Vaccine In a historic move, Uganda, in collaboration with the @WHO & other global partners, has launched the first-ever clinical trial for a vaccine targeting the Sudan species of the Ebola virus. ➡️📎

#Guinea Eliminates Sleeping Sickness Guinea has eliminated the human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness as a public health problem. ➡️📎 CC @WHO @DNDi #Health #NeglectedTropicalDiseases

➡️The study is part of the World Health Organization’s efforts to support #African media in 5 Anglophone countries by educating the public & boosting accountability for #road safety actions... Read #Report here⤵️ ➡️🔗 CC @WHO @TransportKE #RoadSafety

#WHO : The Poorest to Feel Trump’s Withdrawal Nations should step up & invest in health to plug the gap following President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the #WHO which puts lives of millions of people in poorer countries at risk ➡️🔗

RT @AfricaAhsj: Easing care burden for children with disabilities in Kiambu According to a 2015 report by @UNESCO, 93 million children und…

Across urban informal settlements,children’s vulnerability to killer diseases such as polio, cholera, diarrhea, & vomiting is heightened by lack of sanitation services,running water, & sewage systems & a largely poor resident living on an income of less than 2 USD (KES 200)a day.

“In all countries or settings, you will have a certain group of people that are at much greater risk of being infected with HIV & of transmitting it. In Kenya, these are sex workers, men who have sex with men, transgender persons, & people who inject drugs... Read more here⤵️

#AMR: New Seed Funding Available for Youth-led Campaigns With antimicrobial resistance #AMR responsible for more than 1.27 million deaths annually, a new competition has been launched to encourage youth-led teams to take action in their communities... ➡️🔗

The Ministry of Energy indicates that solid fuels remain the leading cooking energy in rural and peri-urban areas, where 68 per cent of residents rely on traditional biomass fuels. #SolutionsJournalism #SoJo Read More here⤵️

Rift Valley Fever #Vaccine : Hope as South African Company Joins Effort Global efforts for a Rift Valley fever (#RVF) vaccine accelerate as South Africa’s Afrigen Biologics begins local development of #mRNA vaccine. ➡️🔗

New Therapeutic Foods Effective in Gut #Health Restoration in Malnourished Children #Malnutrition remains a leading cause of death among children under 5, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa,where poor nutrition contributes to nearly half of child deaths 🔗

#Kenya: More Effort Needed to Reduce #RoadCrashes in #Mombasa #Report unveiled based on police crash data providing detailed analysis of trends, high-risk areas & key factors contributing to traffic-related injuries & deaths 🔗 CC @BloombergDotOrg #BIGRS

RT @AfricaAhsj: How Waiting Homes Are Saving Lives Of #Mothers, Unborn #Babies “To date, the 24-bed capacity home has benefited over 4,550…

Multilateral Action Needed as Global Economic Growth Stagnates With the global economic growth projected to remain at 2.8% in 2025, similar to 2024, there is need for bold multilateral action to address interconnected global crises. ➡️🔗 #economicgrowth

COP 16 : Positive Outcomes for #Land Restoration, Drought Resilience To restore more than 1 billion hectares of degraded land & build resilience to drought,at least USD 2.6 trillion in total investments are needed by 2030.This is according to @UNCCD . ➡️📎

#COP16 Charts Path for Global Action on Land, Drought Countries have committed to prioritize land restoration & drought resilience in national policies & international cooperation as an essential strategy for food security & climate adaptation ➡️📎 @UNCCD