List/Grid Tag Archives: World Health Organization
Colgate-Palmolive Kenya celebrates beautiful smiles on Oral Health Day
Millicent Njeri / Press Release According to a recent research done by World Health Organization, tooth decay affects between 60 to 90% of teenagers and adults, and it is the…
New AIDS vaccine study results promising
Source: CNN Blog Post by: Saundra Young – CNN Medical Senior Producer After 2 years of analyzing the results of the largest AIDS vaccine clinical trial ever held – called…
Scientists wage modern-day salt war
Source: Calgary Herald In Britain it started with Sid, the “giant slug with a message,” who slicked his way onto television screens back in 2004 as part of a government…
Health Officials Concerned Over Malaria Drug Resistance
Source:kezi.com By Gary Strieker CNN) — Malaria’s a widespread problem, killing 800,000 people a year. It’s also a constantly changing problem. Scientists scrambling to find new malaria drugs fear that…
Maternal Health in Kenya: What Evidence Shows and Ways Forward
Source:http://pulitzercenter.org By: Anna Tomasulo The maternal mortality rate in Kenya is 530 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, according to the World Health Organization. The global average is about half…
Ethiopia, Kenya Face Measles Epidemic
Source: http://www.ezega.com July 20, 2011 – Ethiopia and Kenya are facing a severe measles epidemic, with inadequate availability of vaccines adding to the trouble in both Horn of Africa nations….
No More Blood Tests for TB, Says WHO
Source: Nairobi Star Maureen Waruinge 18 July 2011 International public health experts say blood samples to check for Tb shouldn’t be used anymore.The World Health Organization will be issuing new…
Kenya to launch new anti-HIV effort that targets women
Source: The East Africa By CHRISTABEL LIGAMI, Special Correspondent KENYA IS set to unveil a new medical compound that block HIV transmission in women and young girls after the successful…
Focusing civic attention on local HIV treatment
Source: Coastweek Recent study showed a 96 percent reduction in transmission because of HIV treatment NAIROBI (Xinhua) — A coalition of HIV activists and the medical charity, Medicins Sans Frontieres…
Kenya launches UN road safety decade
Source: Kenya Broadcasting Corporation Written By:VPPS, Posted: Wed, May 11, 2011 Kenya has launched the United Nations Decade for Road Safety with a call to all citizens to play their…
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