Watu wazima wengi hua na mafikira ya kwamba, utoto na ujana ndio wakati ulio na furaha zaidi maishani, ila ukweli ni kwamba, watoto wengi na vijana wana uwezekano mkubwa wa kupata mateso ya dhiki na mafadhaiko ambazo huweza kusababisha unyogovu kwa watoto hao. Uchunguzi unaonyesha kuwa, kwa kila vijana wanne, kuna uwezekano wa kijana mmoja […]
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World Health Organization has raised alarm over killer cough syrups which as caused more than 300 children fatalities in three counters. The children mainly aged under 5 – in the Gambia, Indonesia and Uzbekistan died of acute kidney injury, This a third warning issued by WHO against the use of two types of cough syrups produced in […]
The government through the State Department of Immigration and E-citizen, is set to issue Unique Personal Identifier (UPI) to newborns at birth. In essence the UPI will be the birth certificate number, the Identity Card number and will also serve as death certificate number. UPI can also be adopted as the official reference for a […]
According to 2022 Kenya Demographic Health Survey, 18 percent of children under five- years in Kenya are stunted, five percent are wasted while 10 percent are underweight due to under nutrition. On the other hand, 3 percent of children under five- years are overweight, which is a sign of over nutrition. The prevalence of stunting […]
2022 Kenya Demographic Health Survey, KDHS, indicates that the percentage of live births that are assisted by a skilled provider has increased markedly over the past two decades, from 41 percent in 2003, 66 percent in 2014 to 89 percent in 2022. Almost all live births to mothers with more than a secondary education were […]
Kulingana na ripoti ya KDHS iliyotolewa leo, Kaunti ya Samburu inaongoza na asilimia 50 ya mimba za utotoni, huku Kaunti ya Nyeri na Nyandarua ikiwa na asilimia 5. Ripoti hiyo iliyofanywa na Utafiti wa Idadi ya Watu na Afya Nchini Kenya(KDHS), kuanzia Februari 17 hadi Julai 13, 2022, ilihusisha takriban kaya 37,911. Ripoti hiyo imeangazia […]
The overall national child vaccination rate stands at 80 percent according to 2022 Kenya Health Demographic Survey released today. This is a slight improvement from 2014 KDHS where national vaccination rate stood at 79 percent for the same age group. Vihiga County has the highest number of children vaccinated standing at 96 percent followed by […]
Diseases and infections, although over looked, are significant causes of child malnutrition according to a report by Save the Children. The report indicates that in crises, like drought, health systems become stretched, access to safe water is more difficult and poor hygiene and sanitation is common. As a result, disease, diarrhoea and parasitic infections which […]
About 5 million children under five years and another 2.1 million children and youth aged between 5–24 years died in 2021, according to the latest estimates released by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). In addition, 1.9 million babies were stillborn during the same period according to another separate report. To […]
The world Health organization has raised alarm over low uptake of human papillomavirus vaccine despite more than 95 percent of cancer cases resulting from HPV. The organization say that only one out of 10 girls globally are fully vaccinated against the virus. Studies have shown that the vaccine is effective against the virus. For instant […]