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Four Teenagers Contracting HIV Weekly in Uasin Gishu County-Report

A New report indicates that at least four teenagers aged between 10 to 19 years are contacting HIV weekly in Uasin Gishu County. This is a 16 percent increase from 158 in 2015 to 184 this year in the number of new HIV infection among adolescent. In the same breath, new HIV infections among youth […]

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One in Five Deaths in Children below Five caused by Drug Resistance-MOH

The Ministry of Health has raised alarm on the increase of antimicrobials resistance among children saying one in five deaths in children below five is caused by resistance of bacteria and viruses to medicines. Antimicrobials resistance is the leading cause of death globally, higher than HIV/AIDs or malaria. Antimicrobial resistance occurs when disease-causing organisms undergo […]