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Ahmedabad doctors help Kenyan breathe free
Published: Monday, Aug 1, 2011, 15:52 IST By Kinjal Desai | Place: Ahmedabad A resident of Kenya suffering from goitre, a swelling in the thyroid gland, and complaining of difficulty…
Citizens Too Shy to Buy Condoms
Source: Nairobi Star Maureen Waruinge 1 August 2011 Are you among those who wait for hours until your local pharmacy is empty of all other customers just to buy a…
HIV change blocks treatment plan
Source: Daily Natiom By GATONYE GATHURA The Aids virus is blocking efforts to provide all infected Kenyans with anti-retroviral drugs, Mater and Coast General hospitals have discovered that after being…
The Legacy Of Walter Reed
Source: The talk radio news service By:Ellen Ratner I recently received some criticism from a reader of the this column for its being titled “Liberal and Proud.” He thought the…
Clinics struggle to keep patients not yet eligible for ARVs
Source: IRIN/PlusNews NAIROBI, 2 August 2011 (PlusNews) – Jairus Musau tested HIV-positive two years ago, but when he was told he would not immediately be given antiretrovirals, his parents insisted…
Pumwani on the defense over lab closure
Source: Kenya Broadcasting corporation Written By:Judith Akolo, Posted: Tue, Aug 02, 2011 Pumwani Maternity Hospital has defied Monday’s orders by the Kenya Medication Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board to shut…
Kenya’s Fistula Rate Could Improve with Hospital Deliveries
Source:Health and Human Rights open forum By:Ouma Wanzala August 1, 2011 Africa Media Network reporter Ouma Wanzala writes that 7,000 new cases of obstetric fistula occur each year in Kenya…
In Kenya, Forced Male Circumcision and a Struggle for Justice
Source: The Atlantic Aug 1 2011, 7:00 AM ET The International Criminal Court faces a difficult history of sexual violence in Sub-Saharan Africa, and a chance to reconsider this under-discussed…
Why we need global cancer control: Kenya spotlight
Source: The max Foundation 1st August 2011 In our country Kenya, 82,000 new cancer cases are diagnosed and the unreported cases could double that number. That number could fill all…
Beauty With a Mission to Fight Cancer
Source: Daily Nation Nyambega Gisesa 31 July 2011 She lost her father when she was four years old, then lost her mother when she was 12. So she had to…
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