One in 68 children is affected by the Autism spectrum disorder in Kenya according to a consortium of rights groups. Badili Africa, Usikimye and Oxfam Kenya said it is one of the fastest-growing developmental disorders among children. Although people are becoming more aware of autism, they said, there is still a lot of misinformation about the […]
A report by the National Syndemic Diseases and Control Council (NSDCC) indicates that grandfathers are perpetrators of most gender-based violence and incest against girls. They are followed by fathers, uncles and relatives in that order with the report showing an increase of the vice in 37 counties, among them Nairobi, Homa Bay, Siaya, Bungoma, Kakamega, […]
Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has decried a rising trend of teenage pregnancies especially in Western Kenya. He said the pregnancies are a crises that requires drastic measures to end the vice. He said that data shows that western Kenya of Bumngoma, Busia, Kakamenga and Vihiga are leading in teen pregnancies. He was speaking at […]
Dial A Pad is petitioning the government to lower the cost of pads from Sh 100 to Sh.50. This, the organization said, will help in saving many girls and women from period shame that can be occasioned by this price hick. Although Kenya has made tremendous gains over the years in a bid to end […]
World Health Organization has called upon countries to invest and establish childhood cancer centres of excellence and care networks to promote early detection for better outcomes and survival of childhood cancers victims. According to the organization for a child living in a low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) the likelihood of surviving cancer is less than 30 […]
Eight students from Moi Girls, Mandera County ,were on Friday admitted at Cholera Treatment Centre in the town after contracting Cholera. Mr Abukar Abdi Sheikh, the county chief officer for health denied reports that a student succumbed to the disease on Sunday. He added that the eight are responding well to treatment at the centre. “We […]
World Health Organization and other experts are calling for urgent clampdowns of formula milk industry’s exploitative marketing tactics which are riddled with misleading claims and political interference. They say these marketing strategies takes away the gains that breast milk offers to babies while at the same time seriously jeopardizes the health and rights of women […]
The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), NEC Corporation Japan and Nagasaki University have developed a digital biometric-based vaccination management system for newborn children in Kenya. The system aims ease the process of vaccination and enhance proper management of data. Further it will promote the administration of appropriate vaccinations as the system would also be used […]
A new study published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, suggests that too much screen time during infancy may lead to changes in babies’ brain activity, reducing their cognitive ability. As a consequence, these babies have problems with executive functioning, the ability to stay focused and control impulses, behaviors, and emotions. This was attributed to variations in […]
Latest report by the National Cancer Institute indicates that Leukemia is the most common accounting for 15 percent of all childhood cancers in the country. Leukemia is followed by brain tumors at 11 per cent, lymphomas at 10 per cent while other cancers account for 47 per cent. Leukemia is cancer of the body’s blood-forming tissues, […]