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HIV-positive kids get by with a little help from their friends
Adapted from Plusnews VIHIGA, 31 December 2010 (PlusNews) – When Yona, 12, went to live with his grandmother after his parents died several years ago, she told the neighbours he…
Unplanned families fanning poverty flame
Adapted from: The Daily Nation Kenya needs a Sh5.6 billion investment to meet the shortage of family planning services, partly blamed for the high population growth. The high unmet need…
Prostitutes say clients refuse to use condoms and beat them up
Adapted from The Daily Nation By ARTHUR OKWEMBA aokwemba@yahoo.com Posted Tuesday, December 14 2010 at 21:00 Concern over the failure by prostitutes to access Aids information and contraceptives is sending…
Kenya to mark 26th anniversary of finding first case of HIV/AIDS
by Ejidiah Wangui NAIROBI, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) — Kenya will mark the 26th anniversary of finding the first case of HIV/AIDS in the East African country as the world is…
Improving maternal healthcare in Kenya – Integration of HIV services with maternal healthcare
Adapted from Relief Web.Date: 24 Nov 2010 Around 350,000 girls and half a million women die from pregnancy-related causes every year. Almost all of these deaths occur in the developing…
Kenya launches new campaign to reduce maternal mortality
Adapted from: Coastweek women to seek medical attention to ensure they deliver safely and also save their newborn babies SPECIAL REPORT BY XINHUA CORRESPONDENT PETER MUTAI . NAIROBI (Xinhua) —…
Kenya hard hit by mortality rates
Adapted from Capital FM BY CATHERINE KARONG’O NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 29 – Kenya is still grappling with high maternal and child mortality rates, with at least 8,000 mothers dying annually…
Kenyan girls warned of cervical cancer risks
Adapted from Capital FM BY CATHERINE KARONG’O NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 22 – Young girls from the age of nine to 22 years have been advised to go for cervical cancer…
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