Thursday, October 20, 2016

Kenya celebrates Mashujaa Day every 20th October .

Its a Pity Kenya as Powerhouse in the African continent ,its environment described as somewhat democratic. Though previous elections in country were marred by flaws and irregularities, the country is considered to have a wider democratic space compared to its neighbors, but alongside we have had our share of politically instigated violence along ethnic divisions and tribal lines....and still the projections ahead show 2017 elections will be highly tribal ..........why are we perennially pulling ourselves back in these tribal lines should be our focus as we celebrate Mashujaa Day Celebrations........Happy Mashujaa Day

Thursday, October 13, 2016

10 Most Corrupt Countries, Ranked By Perception

Corruption lingers at the core of many of the world's underdeveloped nations.
Nigeria, the most populated country in Africa, is perceived to be the most corrupt among 60 countries evaluated, according to data from the 2016 Best Countries rankings. The rankings are a characterization of 60 countries based on a survey of more than 16,000 people from four regions.
In the survey, respondents answered how closely they related each of the 60 countries to the term "corrupt." Respondents were given no further specifications of the term, so interpretation of the word "corrupt" was left to survey respondents. 
Elections in Nigeria face scrutiny, even though government accountability is seen as having improved......................






Country Name

Corrupt Rank                                                                  Best Countries Overall Rank
Nigeria 1 57
Colombia 2 49
Iran 3 58
Pakistan 4 56
Mexico 5 27
Russia 6 24
Algeria 7 60
Egypt 8 39
Kazakhstan 9 55
Bolivia 10 54

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

British man might be first in the world to be cured of HIV after 'breakthrough' treatment - The Independent.

Pioneering new therapy launches two-stage 'kick and kill' attack on the virus ...


A 44-year-old British man may have become the first person in the world to be cured of HIV.
Tests showed the virus had become undetectable in the blood of the previously HIV-positive man, after he was treated with a pioneering new therapy designed to eradicate the virus.
Researchers have cautioned that it is too early to tell if the treatment has really worked but said the man, a social worker, had made "remarkable progress".
The patient was the first of 50 people to complete a trial of the ambitious treatment which launches a two-stage “kick and kill” attack on the virus.
The new therapy is unique in that it tracks down and destroy HIV in every part of the body —including in the dormant cells that evade current treatments.
“This is one of the first serious attempts at a full cure for HIV,” Mark Samuels of Britain's National Institute for Health Research told The Sunday Times.
”This is a huge challenge and it's still early days, but the progress has been remarkable," he said.
The clinical trials, which are being paid for by the NHS, are the result of a collaboration between doctors and scientists at the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College London, University College London and King's College London.

The man, who has not been named, said he participated in the trial to help others with the disease.
HIV, which stands for ”human immunodeficiency virus,“ is mainly transmitted through sexual acts or by using infected needles. The virus weakens a person's immune system by destroying T-cells which are crucial to fighting disease and infection.
About 36.7 million people are living with HIV worldwide, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Antiretroviral therapies target and suppress active infected cells but they leave millions of dormant infected T-cells lying in wait throughout the body. This means existing treatments can effectively control HIV but do not cure the disease.

The new treatment, however, would both suppress infections and kill the reservoir of dormant cells, The Sunday Times reported.
Sarah Fidler, a consultant physician and professor at Imperial College London, said medical tests of the potentially breakthrough therapy would continue for the next five years.
”It has worked in the laboratory and there is good evidence it will work in humans too,“ Ms Fidler said. ”But we must stress that we are still a long way from any actual therapy."


   



Monday, October 3, 2016

What is the best response to provocation ?

Three Lessons from this picture:

1. Sometimes the best response to provocation is not to fight
2. Not all opportunities are to be taken. Some are traps.
3. A person can become so determined to destroy another person that they become blind and end up destroying themselves.

WHY DID EUROPEANS WRITE A FAKE HISTORY ABOUT AFRICANS AND YET AFRICAN INVENTIONS WERE STOLEN ?

Look at first inventions that changed the world came out of Africa.................   Medicine , Mathematics, Speech ( language ) ...