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The effects of nutritional status on surgical outcome among abdominal surgery patients at kenyatta National Hospital Kenya
Source:http://etd-library.ku.ac.ke By:Kiage, Beatrice Nyanchama 2011-12-22 Nutrition is a very important component of surgery just like blood transfusions and antibiotics. This is because; it plays a key role in the recovery…
The Unsung Heroine Who Takes Away Pain
Source: Daily Nation Francis Mureithi 16 September 2011 Not many Kenyans have heard of her and not even some of the 7,000 medical practitioners in the country are aware that…
Culture, poverty fuelling malnutrition
Source:IRIN MWINGI, 25 August 2011 (IRIN) – A mix of illiteracy, cultural practices, poverty and institutional challenges is compounding already high drought-related child malnutrition levels in parts of Kenya. “Malnutrition…
Cholera fears join famine in ‘overrun’ refugee camp
Source:CTV News.ca Aid agencies struggling with a famine crisis in Somalia are being forced to deal with another growing problem: a marked increase in cholera amongst refugees in recent weeks….
Nation’s Women Are Not Breastfeeding Their Infants
A majority of mothers in Kenya are reluctant to exclusively breast feed their children for the first six months of their lives according to national data. Source: Nairobi Star Diana…
UN Population Fund gives women health kits
Source: The East African By HALIMA ABDALLAH The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is distributing reproductive healthcare kits as part of efforts to save lives of pregnant women and those…
Agony of empty sufurias
Source: The Standard By Standard Team The Kenyans for Kenya famine relief initiative has topped Sh65 million, largely on Safaricom’s M-Pesa contributions. Trucks carrying tonnes of food left Nairobi for…
It’s Not a Heartless Mother Leaving a Child Behind, Just One Who Wants to Survive’
Source: IPS By Miriam Gathigah NAIROBI, Jul 27, 2011 (IPS) – On the road between the Kenyan and Somali border lie the dead bodies of children who have succumbed to…
Red Cross starts Sh6m fund to treat the hungry
Source: Daily Nation By OUMA WANZALA owanzala@ke.nationmedia.com Posted Wednesday, July 27 2011 at 18:55 The Kenya Red Cross is set to use Sh6 million in the next three months to…
Q&A: Doctor alarmed by death, malnutrition among Somali refugees
Source: UNHCR News Stories, 21 July 2011 GENEVA, July 21 (UNHCR) Famine, drought and conflict have forced over 160,000 Somalis to flee and seek help in the region so far…
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