KENYA ENVIRONMENT AND SCIENCE JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION
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Kenya pushes sweeping health reforms as Doctors raise concerns over SHA rollout
By Samwel Doe Ouma Health CS Aden Duale Kenya is undertaking what Ministry of Health officials describe as the most...
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Kenya Introduces Tough New Controls on Medical Software and AI Health Tools
By Samwel Doe Ouma Dr Ahmed Mohamed Chief Executive Officer Pharmacy and Poisons Board Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) is...
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Kenya pushes sweeping health reforms as Doctors raise concerns over SHA rollout
By Samwel Doe Ouma Health CS Aden Duale Kenya is undertaking what Ministry of Health officials describe as the most...
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Kenya Introduces Tough New Controls on Medical Software and AI Health Tools
By Samwel Doe Ouma Dr Ahmed Mohamed Chief Executive Officer Pharmacy and Poisons Board Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) is...
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One Health Cannot Remain a Conversation: Kenya Must Deliver on the Promise
By Mary Muthoni Muriuki, CBS Principal Secretary State Department for Public Health and Professional Standards What is being discussed in...
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Parts of the IGAD region continue receiving enhanced rainfall
By Judith Akolo Enhanced rainfall is expected over northern regions of South Sudan, western Ethiopia and parts of eastern Tanzania....
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PS Muthoni Urges Public to Heed Preventable Health Risks This Easter
By Mary Muthoni Muriuki, CBS Principal Secretary State Department for Public Health and Professional Standards PS Mary Muthoni Easter is...
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Do you know what is in your food?
By Gideon Ogutu Gideon Ogutu, Programme Officer, Health Governance, IILA Take a moment and think about the last snack or...
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Strengthening Women’s Health Through Regulating Trans Fatty Acids in Kenya
By Kelvin Mithamo Kelvin Mithamo Assistant Programme Officer, Health Governance, IILA International Women’s Day may have passed, but the conversations...
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Simple Paper Innovation in Kenya Is Changing Mobility for Children With Disabilities
By Samwel Doe Ouma Inside a modest workshop run by BethanyKids Kenya, assistive devices technicians carefully layer recycled paper to...
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France backs Kenya with modern firefighting technology to protect forests
By Gilbert Koech Caption: French Minister of State for Francophonie and International Partnerships, Eléonore Caroit, during a visit to Kenya...
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BethanyKids Turns to Bamboo to Build Eco-Friendly Wheelchairs for Children
By Samwel Doe Ouma Eng Abel Hailegiorgis at Bamboo Wheel Chair Assembly Workshop in Kijabe Inside a small workshop in...
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PPB Chair Calls for Reforms to Strengthen Kenya’s Medicines Regulator
By Samwel Doe Ouma The chairman of the Pharmacy and Poisons Board, Dr John Munyu, has called for sweeping reforms...
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Heavy rainfall continues as Madden Julian Oscillation drives long rains in early onset
By Judith Akolo The Kenya Meteorological Department says the current heavy rainfall of more than 20mm in 24 hours being...
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Deliberately Infected for Science: Inside Kenya’s Shigella Human Infection Studies
By Samwel Doe Ouma In Kilifi Kenya, a selected number of Shigella Human Infection study volunteers arrive healthy. They are...
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PS Mary Muriuki Rallies Counties to Tackle Hygiene and Waste Crisis to Cut Preventable Disease
By Samwel Doe Ouma PS, Public Health and Professional Standards, Mary Muriuki Kenya’s Principal Secretary for Public Health and Professional...
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Kenya Can End Cervical Cancer Deaths
By Ms. Mary Muthoni Muriuki, Principal Secretary State Department for Public Health and Professional Standards Cervical cancer remains a major...
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External Funding Withdrawal Reveals Major Financing Risks in Kenya’s Health Sector, New Report Warns
Dr. David Khaoya, Lead Author and Senior Research Fellow at CEMA The recent withdrawal of United States government funding has...
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Climate scientists urge for informed usage of long rains seasonal forecast
By Judith Akolo Climate experts have called for anticipatory action and informed usage of the March, April to May long...
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Government Targets Hygiene Gaps as Epuka Uchafu Campaign Lands in Kiambu
Ps Public Health and Professional Standards, Ms Mary Muthoni flagging off Epuka Uchafu Activation in Ruiru Market, Kiambu County By...
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The Last Mile: Africa’s Neglected Diseases Supply Chain Revolution
By Samwel Doe Ouma In the high-stakes theater of global health, the "lab-to-factory" pipeline is a triumph of science, but...
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FGS Mislabeled as an STI: The neglected waterborne Parasite Costing African Women Their Dignity
Dearie Okwu, Lead of the Parasitic Worms Programme at Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi)/Photo Courtesy By Samwel Doe Ouma...
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WHAT WE OFFER
To enhance awareness on environmental, agricultural and sustainable development issues through simple and easy-to-understand stories and messages.
To carry out investigative writing on the enactment and implementation of appropriate environmental and developmental policies and laws.
To network and exchange information with like-minded organizations, research institutes, scientists and stakeholders with a view to improving science communication in the region.
To liaise with stakeholders to fund and foster training of journalists/communicators on science writing.
To serve as a focal point and hub of information and expertise in agriculture,environment, health and development issues.
To advocate for accurate, balanced and development-friendly communication of environmental, health and sustainable development issues.