The 2022 Kenya Demographic Health Survey has revealed that the number of births delivered in hospitals has increased from 65 percent in 2014 to 88 percent in 2022. Further, the survey shows the national fertility rate has declined from 4.9 percent in 2003 to 3.4 percent in 2022 with Mandera County with the highest at […]
Global Vaccine Alliance, Gavi, is set to deploy a six-in-one vaccine to lower-income countries like Kenya with the aim of establishing innovative mechanisms to protect against future epidemic threats. This vaccine aimed to be administered to infants is a combination of the pentavalent vaccine, which protects against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), hepatitis B and […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new package of measures, the Global Scales for Early Development (GSED), to monitor the development of young children at population level up to three years of age. This, the organization says, will allow for a comprehensive assessment of the development of young children up to 36 months of […]
The cultural expectation of sex and judgmental attitude toward unmarried girls seeking reproductive health services are major hindrances to increasing adolescents’ access to sexual and reproductive health information and services in Malawi. This is according to a report by the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) in a country where about one in three […]
Thousands of displaced children on the South Sudanese side of the border with Sudan are at risk of deadly cholera outbreaks due to flooding and lack of adequate sewage systems. This was said by Save the Children who reported that Cases of cholera have already been reported in resettlement camps in Malakal, where many of the refugees […]
To reduce complications and deaths during delivery, Meru County government has rolled out an initiative to rally pregnant mothers to seek antenatal care. This initiative is a collaboration between the county government and Child, an organization that champions maternal and newborn health. This initiative dubbed ‘Team mum pregnant women groups aims to decrease the risk of complications […]
A digital biometric-based vaccination management system for newborn children has been launched in Kenya. The biometric was developed by the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri), NEC Corporation ( a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation), and Nagasaki University in Japan. With this, medics will be now tracking children’s vaccination until they attain five years. […]
A recent report by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a United States public organization, shows that climate change has dire physical and mental health implications for children. They include elevated rates of respiratory diseases, organ failure, seizures, and increased infection rates, For instance, the organization says, children cannot regulate their body temperature as efficiently as […]
UNICEF has launched the world’s first-period tracker app for girls, Co-created with girls in Kenya. This Oky-Kenya app aims to help girls take control of their periods and their lives by providing information about menstruation in a fun, creative and positive way. The app, which first went live on the Google play store on March […]
To help health workers in nomad communities effectively track pregnant mothers and infants, a hybrid GPS tracker innovation is in the works. The tracker is an innovation by Dahabo Adi Galgalo, a trained medical laboratory technologist-cum-epidemiologist from Marsabit County, alongside engineering experts as reported by Nation. The innovation is expected to help healthcare workers reach […]