In 2019, Michael Creed, Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, had a specific fear - 'a simple ham sandwich'.The minister was warning that people bringing pork…
"With increasing temperature, with increasing amount of rainfall and humidity, there is more breeding, there is more breeding sites and there is therefore a high chance of transmission of vector borne diseases like malaria, like dengue, like Rift Valley fever and chikungunya. .. Willis Akhwale
The World Health Organization s 2023 malaria report highlights a concerning trend, with an estimated 249 million malaria cases worldwide in 2022 – 16 million more cases than the pre-pandemic level in 2019
Beyond the well-documented rise in global temperatures, climate change is precipitating a grave public health crisis. Northern Kenya, a region already…
Kenya is making remarkable scientific progress in the field of genomics, and we put this progress into context with our latest World of Genomics article.