German Institute Sponsors Talented Youths to End Spread of HIV
Posted by: Anthony Aisi
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2013-02-15 12:33:23 -0800 | health-news
By Anthony Aisi. German institute of Professional Studies, has offered ten full educational scholarships to organizations working to reduce HIV incidence among youth in Kenya. The scholarships are to be awarded to winners of the GATE National Festival, an annual...
EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVE PILLS
Posted by: davidngunda
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2013-01-01 06:55:49 -0800 | health-news
In Kenya, the E- pill is available over the counter at pharmacies and doctors surgeries.Because of this, many young women use the pill with abandon, sometimes as their only form of birth control.Pharmacies report good especially on weekends, raising the...
PATH& HURU International partner to Give Young girls the Upper hand
Posted by: Anthony Aisi
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2012-12-08 13:03:42 -0800 | health-news
By Anthony Aisi & Eric Akasa At least 40,000 young girls between 15-18 years old have received re-usable sanitary kits AT NO COST. At least 40,000 young girls between 15-18 years old have received re-usable sanitary kits AT NO COST...
Malaria kills approximately 655,000 people Annually worldwide causing illness in hundreds of ...
Posted by: Anthony Aisi
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2012-11-16 18:07:59 -0800 | health-news
By Anthony Aisi. Results from ongoing Phase III clinical trial announced indicating approximately 655,000 people a year worldwide and causes illness in hundreds of millions more; most of them are children under the age of five in sub-Saharan Africa. International...
Protex Marks 5th Anniversary Boosting Kids hygiene in the global Handwashing Initiative
Posted by: Anthony Aisi
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2012-10-16 06:20:10 -0700 | health-news
By Anthony Aisi. Hand washing with soap is the “Do-It-Yourself vaccine” that prevents infections like diarrhea and pneumonia; the main infections that prevent children from reaching their 5th birthday. Protex is a key player in the personal care segment as...
Scaling up of fortified food strategy Launched in Kenya to Increase Dietary Diversity
Posted by: Anthony Aisi
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2012-10-09 09:26:28 -0700 | health-news
By Anthony Aisi. Food Fortification Partnership to Reach 27 Million Kenyans with More Nutritious Foods, the project aims to Support Kenya’s 2030 Vision for Development The Kenyan Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, Population Services International (PSI) and the Global...
More Than One Billion People Suffer from Hidden Hunger due to lack of Essential Vitamins and ...
Posted by: Anthony Aisi
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2012-11-02 19:05:52 -0700 | health-news
By Anthony Aisi Experts meet in Nairobi to shape new nutrition program for Africa by new Australian food security centre A new program to help deliver improved nutrition to Africa was recently designed at a workshop in Nairobi in September...
Continued Lead Exposure From Paints Will Shutter Next Generation Dreams, New Report warns
Posted by: Anthony Aisi
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2012-09-21 02:09:44 -0700 | health-news
By Anthony Aisi New Study Shows Dangerous Lead Levels in Kenyan Paints can shutter children’s dreams, hence cause for serious concern. Most major paint companies in Kenya sell paint for household use containing unsafe levels of lead, according to the...
The Heterogeneity of Clinical Outcomes Associated with Schizophrenia: Is Full Recovery
Posted by: writingsolutions2007
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2012-08-20 07:41:32 -0700 | health-news
Introduction There are numerous mental illnesses hence it would be appropriate to perform a number of tests in order to be able to identify the specific kind to be able to derive a relevant cure. However, the inequalities associated with...
Catherine Wyatt-Morley: Next it helps the people with AIDS are women with AIDS
Posted by: anonymous
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2012-11-02 02:12:10 -0700 | health-news
Catherine Wyatt-Morley has a good life: a happy marriage, three attractive children, and a good work. 1994, in seat of examination after the operation, the medical said that has contract the hiv, the virus that cause the aids. He said:...
MOTHER TO CHILD AIDS PREVENTION STILL A WORRY IN KENYA
Posted by: DORCAS AKELLO
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2012-05-28 18:21:12 -0700 | health-news
MOTHER TO CHILD AIDS PREVENTION STILL A WORRY IN KENYA DORCAS AKELLO Mary Awuor has been living with HIV virus for the last 15 years. She says she didn’t know about her status until when her second born kid tested...
Time to redouble efforts to fight Aids, tuberculosis and malaria
Posted by: DORCAS AKELLO
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2012-02-14 19:45:46 -0800 | health-news
Time to redouble efforts to fight Aids, tuberculosis and malaria Dorcas Akello “Most people would agree that the thought of anyone dying from a mosquito bite in the 21st century is an absolutely absurd. Yet this is one disease that...
TRADITION DOESN’T ALLOW THEM TO GIVE BIRTH IN HOSPITAL.
Posted by: DORCAS AKELLO
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2012-09-18 15:08:12 -0700 | health-news
TRADITION DOESN’T ALLOW THEM TO GIVE BIRTH IN HOSPITAL. Dorcas Akello Having fled from Somalia due to famine and conflict to seek refuge in Kenya 10 months ago, 24 years old Yusra Mohammed says she delivered all her five children...
Another Unconvincing Plea for Male Circumcision to Prevent HIV
Posted by: Simon Collery
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2012-07-26 20:47:43 -0700 | health-news
Yet another article has appeared arguing that male circumcision (MC) is one of the most effective ways of reducing HIV transmission, as if the sheer number of articles published is enough to make the case for the strategy. The number...
Extent of Unsafe Medical Injections in Resource Poor Settings Unknown
Posted by: Simon Collery
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2012-07-27 23:37:36 -0700 | health-news
Although it is written in a somewhat anecdotal style, a recent article by Moses Okinyi raises some important points. Estimates of the relative contribution of unsafe medical injections to HIV epidemics in African countries range from the improbably low of...
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