Brice Kinhou
Pointe-Noire, Congo
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Brice KINHOU is a journalist based in Pointe-Noire, Congo.
Seen in Africanews, Voice of America, Gavi +2 more
Finding invisible children in Congo-Brazzaville
Reporting style, Informative: Mostly factual reporting with some interpretive context from health workers
Health workers in the KM4 neighbourhood of Pointe-Noire conduct door‑to‑door visits to identify children lacking birth certificates or vaccination cards, a widespread issue in Congo‑Brazzaville and across sub‑Saharan Africa. Missing documentation complicates immunisation follow‑up, prompting nurses and community health workers to cross‑check registers, record information manually and collaborate with neighbourhood leaders. Economic precarity, mobility, lost documents and limited awareness hinder timely birth registration, leaving many children unregistered and under‑immunised. Vaccination efforts increasingly serve as a safety net to locate these children, ensure catch‑up doses and guide families toward birth registration services, helping prevent gaps in civil registration from becoming missed immunisations.
Malaria: Steps for evaluating a mosquito net before its use
Reporting style, Factual: Factual report with statistics and descriptive coverage of evaluation procedures.
Malaria remains a major global health threat with 263 million new cases and 597,000 deaths in 2023, 95% occurring in Africa. Insecticide-treated mosquito nets are emphasized as a core prevention strategy. During the June 2025 World Conference of Francophone Science Journalists in Abidjan, the Swiss Centre for Scientific Research in Côte d’Ivoire showcased how mosquito nets are evaluated prior to World Health Organization approval. Project lead Laurence Yao detailed the rigorous steps nets undergo before being cleared and distributed by national malaria control programs.
