President William Ruto on Friday said all primary schools will have internet connectivity by 2030. The project is set to benefit about 40,000 children and aims to boost to the country’s education system. He said the move would instill digital literacy among children preparing them for workplace environment. “Access to internet in schools remains a […]
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja on Friday said primary school children wearing uniforms will be transported for free in the city’s Public Service Vehicles (PSVs). This, he said, will unburden less privileged families in the city, which are already struggling to put food on the table due to the current harsh economic times. “Today we’re saying […]
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 […]
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 […]
Strikes by doctors and nurses in Kenya causes an additional 19 neonatal deaths per 1000 births, which represents a 68 percent increase in neonatal mortality. This was established by a survey Disruptions to healthcare quality and early child health outcomes: Evidence from health-worker strikes in Kenya published at Science Direct. Nearly three-quarters of strikes feature […]
The National Essay Writing Championship, dubbed Sawa Essay is now open for application after it launch last week. This intuitive by Pwani oils and Kenya Primary School Head Teachers Association (KEPSHA), started on 8th November and will end on 22nd November this year. This will be second edition of the competition which made it debut […]
Almost half of young people in Africa have reconsidered having children due to climate change according to results from a UNICEF U-Report poll of 243,512 worldwide respondents. Globally, 2 in 5 young people said the impacts of climate change have made them reconsider their desire to start a family. The U-Report poll received responses from […]
The Kenya National Union of Teachers wants grade seven leaners domiciled in primary schools. This they said while making their presentation when Presidential Working Party on Education Reform visited the University of Nairobi to collect views from the public on CBC. Macharia Mugwe, union executive secretary Nairobi Chapter, said learners transiting to junior secondary are still […]
Although pneumonia is a largely preventable and treatable disease, at least one child under five dies every 45 seconds every day from it. This was revealed by Save the Children East and Southern Africa during World’s Pneumonia Day on Saturday. They said to stop pneumonia, they urged the government to prioritize equitable access to primary healthcare […]
The Ministry of Health has said infant mortality has reduced from 32.9 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 to 30 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2022.This is a 3.47 percent decline from 2021 . The infant mortality rate for Kenya in 2021 was 32.9 deaths per 1,000 live births, a 3.36 per cent […]