Kenya achieves elimination of human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness as a public health problem
On Aug. 8, 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis…
World-first deep-sea DNA study reveals global connectivity of marine life
On Jul. 24, 2025, a world-first study led by Museums Victoria Research Institute has revealed that beneath the…
Vaccine doses allocated to African countries hardest hit by mpox surge
On Nov. 6, 2024, the World Health Organization announced that the Access and Allocation Mechanism (AAM) for mpox…
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Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 reported in United Republic of Tanzania and Kenya
On Jul. 28, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in the…
Moderna finalized agreement with Government of the Republic of Kenya to establish an mRNA manufacturing facility
On Mar. 30, 2023, Moderna and the Government of the Republic of Kenya announced they had finalized an…
Moderna announced MOU with Government of Kenya to establish first mRNA manufacturing facility on the continent of Africa
On Mar. 7, 2022, Moderna announced that with the assistance of the U.S. Government, it had entered into…
WHO announced first technology recipients of mRNA vaccine hub
On Feb. 18, 2022, the WHO announced the first six countries that will receive the technology needed to…
WHO recommended groundbreaking malaria vaccine for children at risk
On Oct. 6, 2021, the World Health Organization recommended widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine among…
RTS,S malaria vaccine reached more than 650 000 children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi through pilot programme
On Apr. 20, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that two years on from the launch of…
Rising mortality as Africa marked one year of COVID-19
On Feb. 11, 2021, the WHO announced that COVID-19 cases and deaths surged in Africa as more contagious…
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New COVID-19 variants fueling Africa’s second wave
On Jan. 28, 2021, The WHO announced that COVID-19 cases and deaths were surging in Africa as more…
Trials of University of Oxford’s Coronavirus vaccine began in Kenya
On Oct. 30, 2020, the University of Oxford announced that Kenya had joined the global efforts in search…
Illumina’s donation to Africa Centre for Disease Control expanded capability for sequencing-based COVID-19 surveillance
On Apr. 28, 2020, Illumina announced that the African Union Commission, on behalf of the Africa Center for…
Kenya field-tested its first biotechnology crop, a virus-resistant sweet potato
On Aug. 22, 2000, researchers in Kenya announced they had field-tested twelve lines of sweetpotato variety CPT 560…