Nairobi Health News

Your body shape tells a lot about your risk of getting diabetes We all know that being overweight is bad for our health, but does it matter where the weight is stored? Take a look at your family: are you...

NAIROBI, JULY 31, 2009: An organisation determined to help poor women overcome obstetric fistula, a condition affecting women during prolonged labour has launched new toll-free numbers to fight the disease. Freedom from Fistula Foundation (FFF), on July 23, 2009 launched...

A new Ugandan study  adds to a growing body of evidence that providing home-based antiretroviral (ARV) care in low-income settings can be as effective as facility-based interventions...In home-based care, 16 percent of patients had virological failure, compared with 17 percent...

Patients detained at Kenyatta National Hospital for inability to pay their bills should be released on Thursday, a Cabinet minister has instructed. Medical Services minister Anyang’ Nyong’o also said bodies in the hospital’s mortuary should be handed over to their...

Lady Justice Jessie Lessit was told by a State counsel: “There is a quarantine that all prisoners detained at Kamiti Prison should not leave the remand facility.” Trials and appeals of inmates at the law courts were affected by the...

The revelation comes a few days after the board projected that the country will make up to Sh67 billion, Sh5 billion more than it earned last year. Making the announcement on Monday, the board’s managing director Sicily Kariuki said the...

Dr Matete said several women who had developed fistula were neglected by their husbands unaware that the condition could be corrected through an operation. The workshop will take place at the Kakamega Provincial Hospital from November 30 to December 13....

Despite the sweltering sun and with a heavy load on her back Mary Muthoni strides to the tea buying centre with joy and pride painted on her face. "This is a different year," she smiles, hurriedly greeting other women farmers...