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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…
Fighting for Rights of the Disabled in Africa
By: Ruby Pratka December 8, 2011 When Eugene Nsabayezu is on his motorcycle, no one can tell he’s handicapped. Nsabayezu, a civil engineer and father of four, has used a…
Soaring prices of drugs add burden on diabetics
Source: Coastweek By:Bedah Mengo NAIROBI (Xinhua) — As Kenya joins other nations in celebrating the on Nov. 14, the rising cost of managing the disease in the East African nation…
Entrepreneurship is key to the future of Mobile Health
Source:http://memeburn.com By Stuart Thomas: Staff reporter Posted:11.14.11 The use of mobile phones in providing health services is well documented. In countries like Kenya and South Africa, SMS reminders are used…
Low fruit, veg intake killing East Africans, study
Source: The East African By ADAM IHUCHA Posted Sunday, October 30 2011 at 18:50 Low fruit and vegetable intake kills hundreds of East Africans in their prime and if the…
KCB’s Sh40 million dialysis machines gift to clinics
Source: The Star 21 October 2011 00:06 BY WAMBUGU KANYI KENYA Commercial Bank will invest Sh40 million to purchase dialysis machines for several hospitals in several parts of the country…
Experts concerned over diabetes cases
Source: The Star BY ANGWENYI GICHANA Tuesday, 25 October 2011 EXPERTS are raising the red flag over increasing cases of diabetic patients having their limbs amputated due to mismanagement of…
Kenya grapples with rising cases of cancer
Source: Daily Nation By:By JACOB NG’ETICH Posted Friday, October 7 2011 at 18:17 From an obscure and insignificant disease that was known to affect a few old or rich people,…
Cancer Treatment May Cost Sh195, Says Who As Kibaki Meeting Ends
Source: The Star (Nairobi) John Muchangi 23 September 2011 Hundreds of deaths could be avoided if Kenya adopts cheap strategies to prevent and treat cancer, heart attacks, diabetes and lung…
Poor countries are developing the diseases of the rich, with lethal consequences
Source: The economist Sep 24th 2011 | KAMPALA AND NEW YORK THE Uganda Cancer Institute is on a hilltop with a fine view of the verdant capital, Kampala. But most…
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