Inadequate sleep hurting grades in public universities, study shows
Source: Standard Digital By GATONYE GATHURA Updated Thursday, October 2nd 2014 at 00:00 GMT +3 Low grades are stalking many public university students because of poor sleep patterns as they... Read...
View ArticleI CONQUERED CANCER
Source: Standard Digital 4 Oct 2014 13:14 You have been off the spotlight for a while, what have you been up to? I moved back in Kenya from Mauritius... Read more » The post I CONQUERED CANCER...
View ArticleTHRIVING AND SURVIVING TWO CANCERS
Source: The Standard Digital She has spent time crawling through shadows to truly appreciate what it is to stand in the sun now. Monica Muthini, 58 years, has survived two... Read more » The post...
View ArticleTOGETHER FOR A CAUSE
Source: Standard Digital 4 Oct 2014 14:13 One Saturday afternoon in 2012, a group of four women were gathered at the home of Benda Kithaka in Lang’ata for a... Read more » The post TOGETHER FOR A...
View Article27 year-old woman’s lifelong battle with HIV/Aids
October 3, 2014 — Sylvia Mueni Munyao is a 27 year-old woman who is part of a grown-up group of adults who have lived with HIV all their lives after being... Read more » The post 27 year-old woman’s...
View ArticleKenya’s fight against non-communicable diseases
Source: Classic 105 Kenya has taken great strides in the fight against non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, strokes, cancers, diabetes, and respiratory diseases. This is a move that......
View ArticleIt’s Time to Talk With Adolescents About Sexuality
Source: The Star 8 OCTOBER 2014 By Francis Namisi Adolescence is a time of human development between childhood and adulthood. This period requires the society to provide appropriate support to... Read...
View ArticleMore than half of Kisii women had abortions, Study shows
Source: Standard Digital BY FRED MOTURI Updated Thursday, October 9th 2014 at 20:23 GMT +3 Kisii, Kenya: More than half (60 per cent) of all pregnancies to women under the age... Read more » The post...
View ArticleLack of anesthesia hurts more than you think
In a remote village in Kenya, Blessing and Favor, newborn twins, just completed their first follow-up appointment in the clinic where they were born a few weeks ago. Amazingly, they... Read more » The...
View ArticleThere’s More to Maternal Deaths Than the Medics
Source: The Star 10 OCTOBER 2014 By Lemukol Ng’asikeConsiderable amount of energy has been spewed in the quest to seek solutions and put a complete closure to the cries, lamentations... Read more » The...
View ArticleNEWS.com.au Economists Warn Why Kenya Must Stop Ebola
Source: The Star By John Muchangi Medics care for Ebola patient in West Africa. Ebola is one of the key threats to Kenya’s newly-attained middle income status. Experts... Read more » The post...
View ArticleI Am Determined to Fight Cervical Cancer, Nurse of the Year Winner Vows
Source:The Star 27th October 2014 By Stanley Magut When Taphroza Peru started raising awareness on cervical cancer in Busia county last year, little did she know that one day... Read more » The post...
View ArticleLow Cost Health Project Godsend for Mukuru Slum Dwellers
Source: The Star By Mercy Gakii 28th October 2014 When Duncan Goldie-Scot and Melissa Menke first met in New York, their interest was to explore finance business in Africa. They... Read more » The post...
View ArticleHow Gicharu started MKU with Sh19,000
Source: The Star MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2014 – 00:00 – BY JAMES WAINAINA Mount Kenya University founder Simon Gicharu has been awarded an honorary doctor of science degree by Gulu... Read more » The...
View ArticleIsaac Ruto: Turn of events was terribly devastating, if only I knew…
Source: The Standard By ROSELYNE OBALA Updated Saturday, November 1st 2014 at 00:00 GMT +3 Bomet Governor Isaac Ruto has pledged to set up a cancer diagnostic and treatment Centre as a... Read more »...
View ArticlePatients seeking treatment abroad are indictments of our diagnostic capacity
Source: The Standard By: By Barrack MulukaUpdated Saturday, November 1st 2014 We will lay young Emmy Chepng’etich to rest today, in the quiet village of Chebaraa in Chepalungu. Emmy was diagnosed......
View ArticleEbola preys on poor healthcare
Source: Standard Digital By Sulaiman Momodu Updated Thursday, January 1st 2015 The sight of an Ebola patient is frightening. Sharon Washington, an employee of Liberia’s foreign ministry, got married...
View ArticleStudy Reveals Kenyan Men Are Ignorant of HIV-Aids Risk
Source: The Star By Henry Kibira RESULTS from the Kenya Aids Indicator Survey that was released on Wednesday show more men than women perceiving themselves to be at low risk... Read more » The post...
View ArticleIn Kenya, Family Planning is an Economic Safeguard
Source: VOA Gabe Joselow December 30, 2014 2:47 PM With Kenya’s population expected to double by the year 2050, the government and non-governmental organizations are investing heavily in family...
View ArticleSTIGMA LIMITS HIV CARE AMONG RURAL KENYAN MOMS
Posted by Melva Robertson-Emory on December 31, 2014 Women in rural Kenya who are living with HIV and have not disclosed their status are the least likely to take advantage... Read more » The post...
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