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A Global Call to Enhance Restoration Efforts to Combat Desertification and Land Degradation
By: Jerry Ariel, Florence Onyango Every year on June 5th, the world observes World Environment Day established…
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THE ROLE OF PARTNERSHIPS IN STRENGTHENING CLIMATE FINANCE: DRAWING LESSONS FROM SOME OF THE ARIN NETWORK’S PROJECTS.
Authors: Juliet Oluoch, Charles Tonui Context and rationale There is compelling evidence to increase climate finance to meet the 2°C targets and to catalyze scale-up of locally-led adaptation among the local…
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INNOVATION IS A KEY PILLAR OF KENYA’S DEVELOPMENT BLUEPRINT
Authors: Joanes Atela (joanes.atela@arin-africa.org) et al Highlights from the First National Innovation Outlook Study for Kenya
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Linking climate change and health systems: what are the research gaps?
Authors: Joanes Atela (joanes.atela@gmail.com) and Brian Otieno (owuorbrian@ymail.com) Background Climate change and health issues co-exist within similar social contexts. Climate change is linked to challenges faced in health…
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How social sciences and modelling are informing COVID-19 policy responses across Africa
In response to the varied impacts of COVID-19 on social dynamics, economic systems, and health systems, there is renewed need for evidence-based decision making. Several African countries have taken…
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The impact of COVID-19 on mental health and mental health treatment in Africa
Currently, the world is experiencing a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in an increase in infections and deaths. Moreover, the prolonged nature of the pandemic, the uncertainty of its duration, the uneven vaccine roll-out and its inadequate accessibility all have an impact on mental health. Indeed, the…
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Public confidence and COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in Africa
COVID-19 vaccination The COVID-19 pandemic has had clearly negative impacts on health and socio-economies worldwide. For Africa in particular, there is widespread concern that the pandemic could get far worse…
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Science engagement to support evidence-informed and context-specific policy responses to COVID-19 in Africa: understanding transmission dynamics and diagnostics
Africa’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been hampered by several factors, including lack of adequate evidence on effective approaches for different groups, scientific uncertainties, scarcity of context-relevant…
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A collaboration to produce evidence-informed and context-specific science policy responses to COVID-19 in Africa
Why does Africa need a context-specific, evidence-based response to COVID-19? The severe acute respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) was declared a global pandemic by the World…
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Evidence-driven response to global challenges in Africa: Africa Research and Impact Network 2021 Conference
Author: Dr. Joanes Atela As the world reconfigures its efforts towards addressing the changing nature of global challenges such as health-related challenges, climate change, and others, sustainable recovery from these…
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