Niadawe Ismael, MLS, MPH 
Unregulated small-scale mining activities (galamsey) not only degrade the forests, pollute farmlands and river bodies with heavy metals and contribute to fatal health problems, but the activities also provide a conducive environment facilitating the spread of HIV at an alarming rate. According to research conducted by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, any time …
Close to a century ago, an accidental discovery by Sir Alexander Fleming changed the trajectory of medicine. At the time, Alexander Fleming, a Scottish assistant bacteriologist and researcher, was experimenting with microbes in the laboratory of the Inoculation Department at St. Mary’s Hospital in London. Fleming was often described as a careless laboratory technician among …
Having claimed around 40.1 million lives so far, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) continues to be a major global health threat. In 2021, 1.5 million people acquired HIV and 650000 people died due to HIV related causes. Globally, two-thirds of people living with HIV at the end of 2021 were in the World Health Organization (WHO) …
Infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) weakens the immune system overtime and makes it defenseless against many infections (which a healthy immune system can fight off) and some types of cancer. AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is the most advanced stage of HIV which can take many years to emerge if not treated. AIDS is …
The Covid-19 (SARS-CoV-2) crisis has created an unprecedented need for vaccines globally. As vaccines are being developed rapidly and approved without compromising clinical trial protocols, there are concerns of equitable distribution. Wealthy nations represent just 16% of the world’s population, but they have bought more than half of global SARS-CoV-2 vaccine doses. At the time …