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 […]
By Raisa Okwaras, The National AIDS and STI Control Program (NASCOP) yesterday named Mother-to-Child (MTC) infections as a major setback in the containment of HIV-AIDS. The National Stakeholders Meeting on HIV/AIDS Response took place yesterday June 28, 2022 where they assembled to review the advancement (or lack of) towards the fight against HIV/AIDS. During the […]
By Raisa Okwaras A new health report dubbed The State of Child Health report has named New Zealand as one of the worst places in the developed world to be a child. This came in after the study found the western country with sky-high records of diseases very rare in such rich countries and common […]
Naam, kuongezeka kwa viwango vya utapiamlo huwawacha watoto katika hatari ya kuambukizwa magonjwa hatari kama vile surua. Wakishirikiana na Wizara ya Afya na Huduma za Kibinadamu na washirika, Shirika la Afya Duniani (WHO) linasaidia kazi ya wahudumu wa afya ya jamii 2,163 wanaotembelea takriban kaya laki tatu kila mwezi nchini Somalia ili kuangalia watoto wagonjwa, haswa watoto […]
By Raisa Okwaras The Government of Kenya and the Child Benefit Pilot Programme are partnering with selected United Nations agencies and non-state actors to introduce the universal child benefits (UCB) programme. The programme looks at improving the education, health, and nutrition of children in Kenya. The universal child benefits programme, which costs ksh.80 million, targets […]
By Lydia Gichuki The High Court yesterday barred the government from administering Covid-19 vaccines to school children across the country without express authority or consent from their parents. The order was issued by Justice Antony Mrima. In addition, justice Mrima also barred Schools, Churches, and mosques from demanding vaccination of children and persons under the […]