To reduce malnutrition among adolescent girls in Africa, the African Union in collaboration with Nutrition International last week launched an advocacy campaign dubbed ‘With Good Nutrition, She’ll Grow into It’. The two-year campaign aims promote health, well-being and empowerment of girls through efforts that prevent anaemia, an iron-deficiency condition, and galvanises the support of policymakers […]
A family from Mukuru Kwa Ruben is crying for Justice after their seven years old son was left with life threatening injuries during anti-government protest on March the 20th. The family of Louise Musela claims he was hit by a teargas canister during the riots and for the past two weeks he has been confined […]
Wadau na wazazi walio na watoto walioathiriwa na usonji wamejitokeza na kutoa wito kwa serikali ya kitaifa na kaunti kuweka vifaa vitakavyowahudumia na kusaidia katika maendeleo ya watoto hao. Akihutubia wanahabari huko Uriri wakati wa Siku ya Autism Duniani, Caroline Kisuge wa Jonathan Rays of Hope alisema kuwa nchi haina vifaa vya kujifunzia ambavyo vinaweza […]
Sacred Heart Mukumu Girls’ High School in Kakamega County has closed indefinitely following the deaths of two students in a case of suspected food and water poisoning resulting in bacterial infection. The school says one of the student hails from Bungoma and another from Navakholo in Kakamega County. It is reported that more than 500 […]
Healthy kids and teenagers will not receive Covid19 vaccine according to the World Health Organization. This they said is because this group is considered low priority. This decision was reached after vaccine experts revised global Covid-19 vaccination recommendations. The low priority group includes healthy children and adolescents who are aged 6 months to 17 years […]
At least 124 students from Scared Hearts Mukumu Girls’ High School in Kakamega County have been hospitalized with diarrhea and food poisoning symptoms. Although it was not immediately established what the students suffered from, initial tests by public health officials ruled out Cholera. The girls were admitted to the Kakamega County General Hospital and are receiving treatment […]
225 pupils from three primary schools in Homa Bay County have been enrolled on a program that uses technology to sensitize and educate them on sexual and gender based violence. The pupils have received tablets that have online lessons they use to learn about sexual violence and what should be done in case they are […]
More than one billion adolescent girls and women suffer from undernutrition making them underweight and short for their age according to a new report by UNICEF. The report indicates that prevalence of anaemia remains high and unabated at 30 percent, and more than two-thirds of girls and women or 69 percent suffer from micronutrient deficiencies. […]
John Waithaka, Member of Parliament of Kiambu Constituency, now wants the Ministry of Health to partner with schools and develop a policy on deworming of students. The MP tabled the motion in parliament with an aim to mitigate negative effects of worn and parasites infestation caused by poor sanitation resulting in conditions such as anaemia […]
Late presentation to health facilities and the inability of medics to pick the kidney diseases early enough are the leading contributors of children renal fatalities according to the Ministry of Health. Dr Doris Kinuthia, a pediatric nephrologist and a lecturer at East Africa Kidney institute says although children are a vulnerable group, diagnosis of renal […]