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Month: April 2020

Growing climate-smart Brachiaria grass to improve livestock production in Rwanda

Posted 04/28/2020 Ethel MakilaPosted in Agriculture, Crop Research, Livestock Research

In the ‘Land of a thousand hills’ where the largely steep landscape  has led to severe erosion, finding sufficient feed to support the growing dairy industry has been a major challenge to smallholder farmers. However, a visit to farmers in […]

Novel Vaccine Candidate Trial Brings Science Closer to Developing a Fully Protective HIV Vaccine

Posted 04/28/202004/28/2020 Ethel MakilaPosted in Health, HIV, Research and Innovations, Vaccines

On March 27, 2019, IAVI and partners launched the clinical trial of a new HIV vaccine candidate. The clinical trial named IAVI W001 is at the first step in testing the experimental vaccine in humans (Phase I) and will enroll 60 healthy […]

Balancing for better in global public health research

Posted 04/23/2020 Ethel MakilaPosted in Health, Women in STEM

This year’s International Women’s Day (IWD2019) is all about BALANCE! One of the areas often singled out for its imbalance is the workplace – more so – in the field of science technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). This however is […]

Its all about capacity in Africa for Africa: Strengthening capacity for HIV biomedical prevention research

Posted 04/23/202004/23/2020 Ethel MakilaPosted in Capacity Development, Health, Research and Innovations

One of the things I like most about working at IAVI is that we are not only focused on research to translate scientific discoveries into affordable, globally accessible public health solutions. We are also passionate about building a critical mass of African […]

Research, innovation can spur Universal Health Coverage success

Posted 04/23/202004/23/2020 Ethel MakilaLeave a commentPosted in Health, Research and Innovations

The World Health Organisation defines universal health coverage (UHC) as a healthcare system that ensures all people can use quality services that improve their health without putting them at risk of financial harm. Countries cannot expect to achieve that without […]

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