Disease control and prevention

HealthScience & Technology

HIV breakthrough: trial shows twice-yearly injection 100% effective against infection

Current HIV prevention tools, such as PrEP, have failed to stop new infections, especially among young people; scientists believe the new drug could remove unpredictability and barriers
The Central African Republic has one of the highest HIV infection rates in the region. To help stop the spread of the disease, humanitarian and development organisations are teaching young people — like the scout in this September 2007 photo — about risks and prevention.
Politics & Policy

Agriculture ministry needs Shs10bn more to fight crop diseases and pests

The ministry of agriculture, animal industry and fisheries says it requires about Shs12.5bn to effectively sustain the fight against a plague of crop-destroying fall armyworm caterpillars that have ravaged gardens in the countryside
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