Doxycycline significantly reduces risk of STIs after condomless sex by 65%

Taking 200mg of doxycycline within 72 hours of condomless sex significantly reduces the risk of gonorrhoea, chlamydia and syphilis among men who have sex with men and trans women. Among those randomized to take doxycycline, 65% fewer were diagnosed with an STI each quarter than those not taking doxycycline.  The DoxyPEP study found that participants in…

Results came back negative from South Africa laboratory of suspected monkeypox samples from Uganda

Monkeypox samples from 24 suspected cases have been deemed negative, according to the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI).  The samples were taken to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases in South Africa to South Africa following an outbreak of the disease in more than 80 countries in the world. Uganda does not have reagents that…

Annual Reviews adopts full open access

 Annual Reviews a leading nonprofit publisher has announced that over the next 18 months they will make their entire portfolio of 51 academic journals freely available to everyone under a new model called Subscribe to Open (S2O) a business model that uses subscription payments to convert gated access journals to full open access (OA). These highly cited journals cover topics across…

Water Pollution study on the Nile Basin area in River Nyabarongo

The Democratic Green Party of Rwanda launched research findings on Water Pollution study on the Nile Basin area in Rwanda-Case study, River Nyabarongo on 16th October 2021. The study was done between April-Otober 2021. It was conducted by several party scientists headed by Dr.Jean Damascene Gashumba who was deputized by the Party’s Environmental Commissioner, Jean…