List/Grid Tag Archives: WHO
HIV test kits safe, Kenya assures
Source: Capital FM By OLIVE BURROWS | April 4, 2013 NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 4 – The Director of Public Health and…
Kenya to counter yellow fever classification by the WHO
Source: Africa Science News Written by Henry Neondo The Government plans to carry out a yellow fever risk survey with a view to have the country be declassified by the…
KENYA: Local production means cheaper ARVs
Source: IRIN NAIROBI, 16 November 2011 (PlusNews) – A Kenyan pharmaceutical company has been given the green light by the World Health Organization (WHO) to start producing antiretroviral (ARV) drugs,…
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…
Inequity in international public health spending
Source: The bureau of investigative Journalism By Maeve McClenaghan September 5th, 2011 Karani Ziro shuffles awkwardly around his small plot of farmland on the banks of the Galana River, Kenya….
Cholera
Source: WHO Fact sheet N°107 August 2011 Key facts * Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal disease that can kill within hours if left untreated. * There are an estimated 3–5…
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…
Why sugar is the new health worry (Kenya)
SOURCE: DAILY NATION Saturday, 07 May 2011 By GATONYE GATHURA New evidence implicating sugar for the rise in lifestyle diseases has governments and international agencies scrambling to forestall a future…
WHO: MALARIA FACT SHEET
SOURCE: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Key facts * Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bites of infected mosquitoes. * In 2008, malaria…
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