Covid-19 Swabs and samples at Lancet hospital 5th Ngong avenue in Nairobi. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]
The increasing threat of emerging and re-emerging infectious disease outbreaks have served to illustrate the central contribution that research and development (R&D) and its associated innovations play within the life sciences framework. R&D and its capacity to mount a scientific and technology-based response can't be over-emphasised.