List/Grid Monthly Archives: December 2010
Yellow fever death toll rises
Adapted from The Vision By Anne Mugisa THE yellow fever death toll in Northern Uganda has risen to 48, the Director General of Health Services, Dr. Nathan Kenya Mugisha, has…
Early Tests Can Reduce Cervical Cancer Deaths
Adapted from Daily Nation Gatonye Gathura 30 December 2010 Nairobi — As the year ends tonight, almost 2,000 women will have died from cervical cancer in the last 12 months….
How well is your child trained on road safety?
By Immaculate Karambu Posted Wednesday, December 29 2010 at 00:00 It was on the eve of Christmas and Esther Wambui, a mother of five, was stuck in a ward at…
Early HIV Treatment Saves Lives
Adapted from VOA 29 December 2010 Written by Rose Hoban | Durham, North Carolina Countries should treat as many people as they can, as early as possible A review of…
Uganda plans mass vaccination in yellow fever outbreak
Adapted from CNN By the CNN Wire Staff December 28, 2010 ganda is planning to inoculate 2.5 million residents in the East African nation’s northern districts, where a yellow fever…
Changing society through computer systems
Adapted from The Standard Published on27/12/2010 By Fredrick Obura During a recent continental competition, dubbed Apps4Africa, a young woman from Kenya submitted her project and was ranked second runners up….
Sanitation: ‘Flying-Toilets’ insulate women from rape
Adapted from : Women News Network Kenya correspondent Tabitha Nderitu – Women News Network – WNN December 27, 2010 · Nairobi, Kenya – When darkness descends in the ubiquitous slums…
Yellow fever spreads to 10 districts
Adapted from New Vision By Anne Mugisa THE Ministry of Health wants $35m (about sh80b) to purchase the yellow fever vaccine for 10 districts in the north to stop the…
We must address social ills that motivate crime
Adapted From Business Daily Posted Tuesday, December 28 2010 at 00:00 The Kenya Police annual crime report for the year 2010 makes for some depressing reading. Although the department is…
Foreigners flock to AIIMS for treatment
Adapted from Hindustani times Press Trust Of India New Delhi, December 26, 2010 First Published: 17:14 IST(26/12/2010) Last Updated: 17:16 IST(26/12/2010) n increasing number of foreigners, especially Kenyans, are coming…
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