Health and Science
Why Rwanda’s Prisons, Delinquent Centers are Fed With Orange-fleshed Sweet Potatoes
Theophile Ntashyeneza shows the orange fleshed sweet potatoes at an open day function hosted at the Iwawa Rehabilitation Center For sometime before 2017, officials at Iwawa Rehabilitation Center, which has been home for thousands of delinquent youths, noticed that young men brought there, arrived with a common medical problem; night…
Read More »The Menstrual Room Keeping Rwandan Girls in School
A girl sleeps on a bed inside a Girl’s Room at one of the schools The Chronicles visited as part of the story. The room has allowed girls to stay in school during their menstrual period month At GS Busigari, a mixed primary-secondary, located in rural Cyanzarwe sector, Rubavu district,…
Read More »Novartis and MMV Announce Enhanced Malaria Treatment
Treatment of malaria is scheduled to get a new boost with a therapy that seeks to clear the infection as well as blocking transmission of parasites that cause malaria. Novartis and Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) have announced a shift to phase3 study for novel non-artemisinin combinations to treat uncomplicated…
Read More »Global Fight Against HIV Impacted By Resource Crunch As Major Donors Pull Back
Winnie Byanyima, the executive director of UNAIDS speaking at the conference The world’s response against HIV has stalled amid shrinking resources due to Covid-19 and other crises, according to a new report presented at the International AIDS Conference in Montreal, Canada. Globally, new HIV infections fell just 3.6 percent between…
Read More »Condom Distribution Continues Despite COVID-19 pandemic
People recieving condoms AIDS HealthCare Foundation (AHF) says it has distributed more than 129,000 free condoms at the just concluded Expo held at Gikondo grounds in Kigali City. Of these, more than 129,000 were provided with condoms, including 85% of men and 15% of women. The condoms distributed to the…
Read More »COVID-19 Infection After Full Vaccines Creates “Super Immunity,” Study Finds
The study was done on people who had taken the Pfizer jabs People who contract a breakthrough infection after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine may acquire a “super immunity” to the virus, researchers from the Oregon Health & Science University found. A study, which was published in the Journal of the…
Read More »Tackling Myths on HIV Treatment; Is There Special ARV Pills for Rich People?
Antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection has changed dramatically in the past two decades. (Graphic by NIAID) Years ago, people with HIV did need to take a lot of pills. Now, most people starting on HIV treatment take one to four pills daily. You may be able to take medicines that…
Read More »Scientists Figured Out How to Train Cows to Use Toilet
Can we toilet train cattle? Would we want to? The answer to both of these questions is yes – and doing so could help us address issues of water contamination and climate change. Cattle urine is high in nitrogen, and this contributes to a range of environmental problems. When cows are kept mainly…
Read More »Children Catch and Spread Coronavirus Half as Much as Adults, Study Confirms
Big decisions around COVID-19 and children have been heavy on politics and short on science. New large-scale studies are changing that. IN THE MIDST of the worst surge of COVID-19 cases in the United States, many state and local officials are again wrestling with the hot-button issue of whether to shut…
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