List/Grid Monthly Archives: February 2011
Group hosts competition to benefit children organizations
SOURCE: KANSAN.COM By Nikki Wentling The Uhuru Child Organization created a resettlement village in Kenya, providing 900 displaced people with food, clean water, health care, classrooms and educational funds after…
KENYA: Hungry HIV-positive mothers wary of exclusive breastfeeding
SOURCE: PLUSNEWS.ORG NYANDO, 21 February 2011 (PlusNews) – Nutrition experts recommend that HIV-positive mothers exclusively breastfeed their babies for the first six months to reduce the risk of HIV transmission,…
Kenya Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q2 2011
SOURCE:http://marketpublishers.com/ In BMI’s Q211 Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Business Environment Ratings (BERs), the Middle East & Africa region scored an improved 48.0 (compared with a score of 46.4 in Q111) out…
US to fly in drug detectives to help Kenya, says envoy
Published on 20/02/2011 By Cyrus Ombati Kenya has sought the assistance of detectives from the United States America to help investigate the drug menace in the country. US ambassador to…
Kenya Government to provide HIV services for people who inject drug
SOURCE: UNODC Mombasa, Kenya – Government to provide free HIV services for people who inject drugs. Heroin users will soon have access to free HIV prevention and treatment. The Kenyan…
Hospital suspends services due to acute water crisis
SOURCE: THE STANDARD By LINAH BENYAWA Operations at the Coast Provincial General Hospital have greatly been affected by a major water crisis that has hit Mombasa town and its environs….
Floating spores kill malaria mosquito larvae
SOURCE: EUREKALERT Dr. Hilary Glover There are over 200 million cases of malaria each year and, according to the World Health Organisation, in 2009 malaria was responsible for 781,000 deaths…
AMREF partners with Nakumatt to prevent maternal mortality
SOURCE: KENYA BROADCASTING COPORATION Written By:Rose Kamau/Agencies, Posted: Sun, Feb 20, 2011 Retail chain Nakumatt Holdings and the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) have unveiled a joint fundraising programme…
Why doctors’ union portends better healthcare
SOURCE: DAILY NATION Here is a simple fact that illustrates the parlous state of Kenya’s health sector. Every year, about 400 doctors graduate from Kenya’s medical schools. Nearly the same…
In order to fight drugs effectively, we need to have all information about narcotics
SOURCE: DAILY NATION By JOHN B. OSOROPosted Sunday, February 20 2011 at 18:32 Having a conversation with the former boss of the National Agency for the Campaign Against Drug Abuse…
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