List/Grid Yearly Archives: 2011
KEMRI to produce haemorrhagic fever kits
Source: Capital FM By JUDIE KABERIA on December 30, 2011 NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 30 – The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) is next year expected to start manufacturing test kits…
New Year gift for a million Kenyans
Source: Daily Nation By SAMUEL SIRINGPosted Friday, December 30 2011 New Year came early for a million public servants, the disciplined forces and their families after the government announced a…
Helping women to end sex-for-fish culture
Source: HIVAlert By:Gopal Venkat December 19 2011 at 14:14 KISUMU, 19 December 2011 (PlusNews) – For the past five years, Achieng*, a 35-year-old widow and mother of six, has sold…
World’s first malaria vaccine on the way
Source; The Varsity by Maria Dimitrova Thursday 29th December 2011, 16:47 GM A team of researchers from Cambridge, Oxford, and Kenya have developed a vaccine that can potentially defeat all…
Exercise cuts risk of diabetes
Source: BusinessDaily By JOY WANJA MURAYA Posted Friday, December 30 2011 at 00:00 A routine medical test can save your life. It happened to Martin Gatehi. He was 14 and…
Sickle cell, the hidden disease killing children
Source: Nairobi Star By: Wacui Makori uesday, 11 October 2011 00:24 Whenever we think of childhood illnesses, malaria, diarrhoea or pneumonia seem to just jump at us, what about those…
Nation Has Lessons to Learn From India’s Medical Tourism
Source: Businessdaily By Evelyn Situma Posted Friday, December 30 2011 Tourism has been a key driver of the economy in most countries across the globe. The industry remains a leading…
here’s Nothing Cheap or Clean About Nuclear Power Option – Ask the Japanese
Source: Daily Nation Posted Thursday, December 29 2011 at 18:24 Both print and electronic media have of late been dominated by news features and documentaries highlighting the efforts Kenya is…
Travel that heals body and soul
Source: Business Daily When Ben Muchemi, 53, first sought treatment for a stomach ailment in a local hospital, the doctor misdiagnosed the problem. The father of seven was later diagnosed…
Malindi hospital in need of doctors
Source: Nairobi Star By: KNA Thursday, 29 December 2011 00:09 Lack of adequate medical staff has been blamed for the delay in official opening of the High Dependence Unit at…
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