A woman dies every two minutes during pregnancy or childbirth, according to the latest estimates released in a report by United Nations agencies last week. The report, Trends in maternal mortality, revealed that over recent years, maternal deaths have either increased or stagnated in nearly all regions of the world. Severe bleeding, high blood pressure, pregnancy-related […]
A study conducted by the Kenya Medical Research Institute found that 17,423 children aged between eight and 14 years in nine counties are infested with jiggers. The nine include Murang’a, Kericho, Makueni, Nakuru, Samburu, Kilifi, Kajiado, Taita Taveta and Turkana. Kajiado, Kilifi, Muranga, Nakuru and Samburu counties have the highest prevalence,the study showed. It was […]
Mawaziri na wawakilishi kutoka nchi 12 za Afrika wamejitolea na kuweka mipango ya kumaliza UKIMWI kwa watoto ifikapo mwaka 2030. Nchi hizo ziliahidi kwamba, zitahakikisha watoto wote wenye VVU wanapata matibabu ya kuokoa maisha na hata akina mama wanaoishi na ugonjwa huo hawataweza kuwasambazia watoto wao. Katika taarifa ya pamoja baada ya mkutano ulioandaliwa na Tanzania, washirika wa […]
A study by Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) indicates that many mother do not s how to clean a baby’s umbilical cord after birth. As a result many avoidable infections and deaths due to sepsis occurs, the study found. In a study conducted in Nyandarua County on women who had delivered at JM Kariuki Hospital revealed […]
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 […]