WSU Global Health - Kenya News
WSU Global Health - Kenya News
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07.07.2021
Experts who crunch daily Covid-19 figures revealed
Co-chairs of Center for Epidemiological Modeling and Analysis, Loice Ombajo an infectious disease specialist and Thumbi Mwangi an infectious disease epidemiologist address a press conference at University of Nairobi.
PD Online - Kenya
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06.14.2021
KTN News Doctor's Diary: Prof. Thumbi Mwangi
Prof. Thumbi Mwangi explores his journey from a veterinarian to a researcher.
KTN News - Kenya
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06.01.2021
Researchers launch Sh600m drive to wipe out cattle fever
Prof Thumbi Mwangi, the project director, said it would combine laboratory science and field studies and will also improve the nutritional status of households, particularly women and children.
The Star - Kenya
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06.01.2021
Ticks affect not just milk, money, but school attendance also
East Coast Fever is a livestock disease that causes substantial losses in beef and milk and is costly to treat.
The Standard
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05.27.2021
Scientists bet on lab to eradicate deadly livestock diseases
For years, Kenyan livestock farmers have incurred animal, livelihoods and lives losses thanks to infectious animal diseases such as the East Coast Fever (ECF), Rift Valley Fever (RVF) and foot and mouth.
Business Daily
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03.15.2021
MWANGI: Compelling reasons to trust fast-tracked Covid vaccines
Thumbi Mwangi, an infectious diseases epidemiologist, spoke on concerns around the coronavirus pandemic and vaccines, and specifically addressed drug efficacy due to the speedy lab-time turnaround.
The EastAfrican
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03.02.2021
2021 Showcase academic excellence winners announced
Allen School's Doug Call receives Sahlin Eminent Faculty Award, Guy Palmer receives V. Lane Rawlins President’s Award for Distinguished Lifetime Service.
WSU Insider
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02.17.2021
UoN Partners with US University in Ksh100 Million Deal
The University of Nairobi has partnered with the Washington State University (WSU) in a bid to strengthen research and study on infectious diseases such as the Rift Valley fever and Covid-19.
Kenyans
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02.16.2021
University of Nairobi partners with Washington State University on study of zoonotic diseases
The University of Nairobi and the WSU partner in a PhD programme, bringing together 10 doctors from both veterinary and clinical medicine fields to strengthen research and study on zoonotic diseases.
NTV - Nairobi
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11.10.2020
Covid-19: What it will take to end the second wave
The World Health Organization estimates that the coronavirus may have infected one in 10 people across the world. This equals 10 per cent of the global population.
The Daily Nation
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10.08.2020
NIH awards $17M to research emerging infectious diseases
NIH/NAIAD announced in August the creation of the Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases, an interdisciplinary network of research centers throughout the world.
JAVMA
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10.01.2020
WSU lab in Kenya to focus on East Coast fever
USAID provided funding; researchers will develop treatments for disease.
Daily Evergreen
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10.01.2020
Rabies vaccinations resume after COVID-19 pandemic
New delivery and storage methods advance vaccination campaigns.
Guardian
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09.29.2020
Puzzled scientists seek reasons behind Africa's low fatality rates from pandemic
Africa’s overburdened public health systems, dearth of testing facilities and overcrowded slums had experts predicting a disaster when COVID-19 hit the continent in February.
Reuters
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09.29.2020
The pandemic appears to have spared Africa so far. Scientists are struggling to explain why
Although Africa reported its millionth official COVID-19 case last week, it seems to have weathered the pandemic relatively well so far, with fewer than one confirmed case for every thousand people and just 23,000 deaths so far.
Science Magazine