List/Grid Monthly Archives: October 2010
Diabetes could just be the next plague waiting to explode on our doorstep
Adapted from Daily Nation By JOSEPH OTHIENO Posted Monday, October 18 2010 at 19:08 Recent statistics on diabetes show that the disease is approaching epidemic levels in Kenya. Sadly, the…
Nearly half of babies born in Kenya are stunted
Adapted from Speroforum. Nearly half of all Kenyan babies born in the past five years are stunted, the 2008/9 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey indicates. Child development and nutrition experts…
So close yet so far: Hopes of eliminating malaria fall short
15 October 2010 [MediaGlobal]: Each year, between 350-500 million cases of malaria occur worldwide. Malaria is responsible for over one million deaths, most of them young children in Africa with…
BREAST CANCER FREE/subsidized EXAMINATIONS.
The Nairobi Hospital will be carrying out free breast cancer examination from 1st October 2010 to 13th October 2010 daily from 8.00 am to 12.00 pm. Nairobi Women Hospital will…
Thousands get free health care in ‘floating hospital’
Medical staff aboard the Chinese Navy hospital ship Peace Ark have been treating an average of 700 patients a day since last Thursday. The crew, which leaves the port of…
Cases of obstetric fistula on the rise: hospitals
Obstetric fistula is a hole that is formed between the bladder and the Vagina or the rectum and the Vagina after a woman suffers from prolonged or obstructed Labor SPECIAL…
Kenya VP tours China Hospital Ship
ccess to quality health care for all Kenyans as stipulated in the new Constitution can only be achieved if Kenyans work hard to improve the economy, Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka…
Kenya marks Global Handwashing Day
Written By:Carol Gakii (KBC), Over 30,000 people in Kenya lose their lives annually due to diarrhea related illnesses and children account for 16 per cent, Public Health and Sanitation Minister…
Gay Kenyan Senate hopeful David Kuria speaks to us (pinkpaper,com)
Exclusive by Pennie Varvarides 15 October 2010 Gay news from Africa is all too often bad news. But one Kenyan politician is giving new hope to gays in his country…
THE ‘PEACE ARK’
THE ‘PEACE ARK’ WAS WELCOMED BY HUNDREDS OF CHINESE AND KENYANS INCLUDING DIGNITARIES, WHO WERE WAVING FLAGS AND SINGING, AS THE VESSEL FINALLY ARRIVED AT THE WHARF JUST NEXT TO…
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