Antibiotic resistance,Antimicrobial resistance,drug resistance,Pollution Antimicrobial resistance,resistance Stories
Antimicrobial resistance spreads because bacteria and fungi evolve to survive medicines, and misuse helps them adapt faster.
In a statement released on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, the ministry stressed that antimicrobials remain a cornerstone in fighting infections in people...
Improved production practices can reduce the need for antibiotics, while coordinated monitoring and cross-sector collaboration promote their responsib...
Kony, who remains at large, faces 39 charges, including murder, sexual enslavement and rape, and is the ICC's longest-standing fugitive.
Many nations, particularly those most affected by antimicrobial resistance, still lack the infrastructure to generate reliable resistance data.
The report links this growing resistance to the misuse of antibiotics, poor infection control, and weak surveillance systems, particularly in developi...
President Yoweri Museveni pledged to focus on wealth creation by ensuring Ugandans join the money economy, free education for children in government s...
Museveni, 80, has been in power since 1986 and is aiming for a seventh term, potentially extending his rule to nearly five decades.
The ICC allowed a confirmation of charges hearing against Ugandan fugitive warlord Joseph Kony to proceed without him at the dock. But for a trial to...
Kony’s lawyer, Peter Haynes, KC, urged the judges to halt the proceedings, arguing that his client could not challenge the evidence presented against...
Born in northern Uganda in 1961, Kony rose from altar boy to feared warlord, claiming spiritual visions that justified his fight to topple President Y...
Evictions surged in the 2010s, particularly in central Uganda’s Buganda region, fueled by rising land demand from a growing population and legal refor...
A recent review revealed that nearly 38 per cent of common antibiotics like amoxicillin and co-trimoxazole tested in Kenya failed quality checks, posi...
Kamto previously contested the presidency under the Cameroon Resistance Movement (CRM), but has not yet publicly commented on his latest disqualificat...
The study, the largest of its kind conducted in Africa, analysed more than 187,000 test results from 205 laboratories between 2016 and 2019 in 14 coun...
Miguna says the former CS cannot be entrusted with leadership, having presided over what he terms as gross abuse of office during his time in governme...
NRM Electoral Body Chairperson Tanga Odoi said Museveni plans to formally signal his intention to run by collecting expression-of-interest forms for t...
The Bill grants military tribunals the authority to prosecute civilians in cases involving restricted weapons, treason, or collaboration with soldiers...
Beyond immediate health risks, unsafe food also accelerates the dangerous rise of antimicrobial resistance, making once-treatable infections harder an...
The legislators faulted weak regulation, poor diagnostic systems and inadequate medical infrastructure in Kenya as among issues accelerating the misus...
Female genital schistosomiasis, caused by parasitic worms from infected water, is often mistaken for an STI because of similar symptoms, leading to wr...
Museveni and First Lady Janet Museveni will oversee the NRM members' verification exercises in Rwakitura and Ntungamano Ireenga, respectively.
By transforming health pathways and addressing gender disparities, Kenya can strengthen its TB response and improve health outcomes for all.
The winning candidate from the National Unity Platform, Naukoola Luyimbazi, won with 17,764 votes in the heated by-election that also saw journalists...
The election held on Thursday saw opposition National Unity Platform candidate Elias Luyimbaazi Nalukoola emerge victorious.
Ali was one of his father’s closest sons as well as the LRA’s so-called minister of foreign affairs. He helped thrash out peace deals with other rebel...
In Nairobi, waste management and the clearing of stagnant water, such as in the Nairobi River, remain a distant goal.
Enmetazobactam, developed by Chennai-based Orchid Pharma, recently became the first Indian antibiotic approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.
In Kenya in 2019, there were 8,500 deaths attributable to AMR and 37,300 deaths associated with AMR.
