UNICEF imeonya kwamba, ukosefu wa mvua nchini Kenya kumewasababisha watoto wapatao milioni 1.4 kukosa chakula chenye lishe bora, na maji safi ya kunywa. Watoto hao pia wanakosa elimu, huduma za afya na ulinzi dhidi ya ukatili na kutelekezwa. Turkana ni miongoni mwa kaunti 15 zilizokumbwa na ukame nchini Kenya kutokana na mabadiliko ya hali ya […]
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Takriban watoto milioni 16.4 nchini Kenya, ambayo ni sawa na asilimia 67 ya idadi ya watoto nchini humo, wameathiriwa na umaskini na athari mbaya za mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa.
Over 39,800 children under five years and about 5,500 pregnant and lactating mothers are malnourished in Garrisa County. Of these, only 23,500 children and 3,900 mothers are in the food programme by the government and humanitarian partners. In addition, so far, four children have died since January due to malnutrition-related complications in the county. This […]
Close to 9,000 children in Nairobi lose their lives due to diarrhoea according to the Director of Health Services, Nairobi County, Dr Ouma Oluga. “In Nairobi, the number gets to about 8,000 to 9,000 every year because we still have a lot of public health issues,” Oluga said. Countrywide, close to 30,000 children die yearly […]
Vifo vya karibu watoto 100 nchini Indonesia vimesababisha nchi hiyo kusimamisha uuzaji wa dawa zote za sharubati. Ni wiki chache tu baada ya dawa ya kikohozi nchini Gambia kuhusishwa na vifo vya karibia watoto 70. Indonesia imesema kwamba, baadhi ya dawa za sharubati zimepatikana kuwa na viambato vinavyohusishwa na majeraha ya figo (AKI), ambayo yameua […]
About 60 children are set to benefit from free heart surgeries to be conducted at the Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital in Mombasa. The initiative came after the county government of Mombasa partnered with the Sharjah Charity International organsation to bring together 14 specialist doctors to conduct the procedures. The specialists come from the […]
About 44.3 percent of adolescents in Kenya have had a mental health problem while one in eight met criteria for a mental disorder in the past 12 months. This is according to National Adolescent Mental Health Survey published by the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), University of Queensland and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School […]
Air pollution can lead to fetuses developing black carbon particles in their organs as early as in the first trimester according to a new research. The research indicated that pregnant mothers who are exposed to air pollution, specifically black carbon nanoparticles birthed babies with the same degree of black carbon particles. In addition the newborns […]
Shirika la Afya Duniani (WHO) limetoa tahadhari hapo Jumatano kuhusu dawa nne za kikohozi na baridi zilizotengenezwa na Maiden Pharmaceuticals nchini India, na kuonya kuwa zinaweza kuhusishwa na vifo vya watoto 66 nchini Gambia. Shirika la afya la Umoja wa Mataifa pia limetahadharisha kwamba dawa zilizoambukizwa huenda zilisambazwa nje ya nchi hiyo ya Afrika Magharibi, […]
Using Sofia, a Chinese fertility drug, can led to newborns and children developing secondary sexual features according to the Ministry of Health. In essence they develop and show signs of puberty. In addition, breastfeeding children of mothers taking the pill develops swollen feet, Knock-knees, painful muscles and slurred speech. Further the Ministry said girls experience […]