Roughly half of the female population around 26 percent of the global population are of reproductive age. This signifies an important transition to womanhood. As menstruation is a natural and healthy process for girls and women of reproductive age. It should be followed by great support of affordable menstrual products. Research done by Menstrual Hygiene […]
mlipuko wa surua nchini Zimbabwe umewaua watoto 157, wengi wao wakiwa hawajachanjwa kutokana na imani za kidini za familia zao.
Kulingana na Save the Children wazazi kutoka kaskazini-mashariki mwa Uganda wanalazimika kuwatuma watoto wao wachanga wa umri wa shule ya awali, shuleni pamoja na ndugu zao ili waweze kushiriki kwenye mlo wa bure shuleni kwani idadi ya familia zisizoweza kumudu chakula nyumbani inazidi kuongezeka. Natalina, aliye na miaka 10, anasoma katika shule ya jumuiya inayoungwa […]
Kenya is among the twelve African countries that joined the new global alliance in its first phase of seeking to end HIV/AIDS in children by 2030. According to the UNAIDS Global AIDS Update 2022 reports, only fifty-two percent of children living with HIV/AIDS in the world are under life-saving treatment. Contrarily, seventy-six percent of adults […]
Mataifa 12 ya Afrika yameungana na Umoja wa Mataifa na mashirika mengine ya kimataifa katika kuunda muungano mpya ambao utafanya kazi ya kuzuia maambukizi mapya ya VVU kwa watoto wachanga
By Raisa Okwaras A child dies of Malaria in Africa with every minute that passes. However, the World Health Organisation announced that measures are ongoing to roll out the world’s first ever Malaria vaccine in Africa, with the mass rollout being funded by Gavi. Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, is funding about US$160 million to improve […]
By Raisa Okwaras Kenya Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has called for sustained efforts to conclusively address the issue of teenage pregnancies in the country. On Wednesday, July 13, 2022, the government of Kenya launched Triple Threat, a community sensitization forum looking to address these three threats facing Kenyan adolescents. He brought us up to […]
By Raisa Okwaras The Ministry of Health yesterday released new statistics which reveal that Kenya ranks third-highest in the world in teenage pregnancies. According to the statistics, one in every five women adolescents between the ages of fifteen and nineteen are already teen mothers or are pregnant with their first child. The statistics also show […]
Kufuatia ghasia za baada ya uchaguzi wa mwaka wa 2007/2008,Tume ya Uchunguzi kuhusu Ghasia za Baada ya Uchaguzi (CIPEV), ilirekodi kesi 900 za unyanyasaji wa kijinsia unaofanywa na maafisa wa usalama, vikundi vya wanamgambo na raia dhidi ya wanaume, wavulana, wanawake na wasichana katika muktadha wa unyanyasaji mkubwa, uhamishaji wa watu wengi na vifo zaidi […]
By Raisa Okwaras According to the Kenya Demographic Health Survey (KDHA) (2014), approximately fifty-two in a thousand children under five die from preventable and treatable conditions and causes every year. In addition, there is a high maternity mortality rate in Kenya with most mothers dying of complications like eclampsia, post-partum hermitage, and puerperal sepsis. The […]