By Chari Suche & Sitati Reagan, Reporters , Kenya News Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is emerging as one of Africa’s deadliest but least visible public health threats, causing more deaths on the continent than tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV combined, health experts...
By Robert Menza, Journalist, Radio Maisha Mwenyekiti wa Bodi ya Wakurugenzi wa Taasisi ya Kitaifa ya Utafiti wa Kimatibabu, KEMRI, Abdullahi Ali, amesema taifa lazima liimarishe matumizi ya data ya kuaminika, uwajibikaji, na hatua zilizoratibiwa ili kudhibiti tatizo la usugu...
By Informative Standard Health experts in Kenya have raised alarm over the growing misuse of antibiotics, warning that the trend is accelerating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and posing a serious threat to human and animal healthThe warning was issued during the...
By Dorothy Musyoka, Reporter, KUTVnews Health experts have raised alarm over the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), warning that it is now responsible for more deaths in Africa than tuberculosis, malaria and HIV Speaking during the Kenya National AMR...
By Bakari Ali Bakari, Reporter, Radiokaya Kenya has officially launched the National Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Alliance, a new initiative aimed at curbing the rising threat of drug-resistant infections that claim hundreds of thousands of lives across Africa each year The...
By Samwel Doe Ouma, Reporter, Health Business Kenya’s Ministry of Health has opened the AMR2026 conference, a national forum bringing together experts, policymakers, funders and community leaders to confront the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in East Africa The...
By Diego Menjíbar Reynés, reporter, The Guardian Just a few minutes from the turquoise waters of Kenya’s Kilifi Creek, a world away from the tourists enjoying their time on the estuary, a team of clinicians, technicians and microbiologists is helping...
By Yaa Juma, reporter, Jumuiya News Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) scientists have raised fresh concern over the growing threat of neonatal sepsis and antimicrobial resistance (AMR), as new research shows current treatment options for newborns are becoming increasingly ineffective...
By Hellen Shikanda, Health and Science Reporter, Nation Media Group Kenyan scientists are developing new antibiotics for vulnerable babies aged between zero and 28 days to help treat neonatal sepsis, a life-threatening blood infection Kenya is one of eight countries...