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 […]
Data from the Ministry of Health shows that at least 400,000 children in 26 sub-counties have received at least one dose of the malaria vaccine since its official rollout in 2019. The RTSS jab was rolled out in 26 subcounties in Homa Bay, Kisumu, Migori, Siaya, Busia, Bungom a, Vihiga and Kakamega counties. Over one million […]
A new study suggests that the more breast milk premature babies are fed while in neonatal intensive care, the greater the level of brain development. When a baby is born premature, the cerebral cortex—the part of the brain for learning and thinking—is usually underdeveloped. The study discovered that pre-mature babies who consumed high levels of breast milk quickly […]
The Ministry of Health is considering adopting a single-dose strategy for the human papillomavirus vaccine among girls. This will be rolled out after data driven advice from experts to ensure success. If adopted, girls will be given only one dose of the HPV jab as opposed to the two as is currently the case Mary […]
Boys in primary schools will now be eligible to receive human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, the Ministry of Health has said. This, the ministry said, will help prevent its transmission to women as the virus is sexually transmitted and men are the carriers. Dr Mary Nyangasi, head of the National Cancer Control Programme in Kenya, said initially […]