BRAZIL CELEBRATED FOR ENDING MOTHER-TO-CHILD HIV TRANSMISSION
Photo courtesy : WHO The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Brazil for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV, marking a major public health milestone and...
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3,700 KENYAN INFANTS BORN WITH HIV AMID PUSH FOR INNOVATIVE TREATMENTS AT UNAIDS MEETING
African countries are calling for equitable and timely access to long-acting HIV prevention and treatment innovations, warning that scientific advances alone will not end the...
HIGH COURT QUASHES BAN ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ADVERTISING
The High Court has overturned advertising restrictions imposed on Marie Stopes Kenya, concluding that the actions by regulatory authorities were unlawful. In a judgment delivered...
Living Among People, Yet Alone: Ian’s Silent Battle With Loss and Mental Health
By day, Ian appears steady, laughing with friends and showing up when needed. But when night falls and the noise fades, the silence becomes heavy....
YOUTH’S SILENT MENTAL HEALTH AGONY: A PARTNERSHIP TAKES ON ISOLATION AND LONELINESS
During the day, *Kevin looks like many young men his age. He laughs easily with friends, shows up when needed and carries himself with quiet...
MERU HEALTH WORKERS PRAISE GOVERNOR FOR TACKLING SECTOR CHALLENGES
By Gerald Mutethia Health workers in Meru County are commending Governor Mutuma M’ethingia for improving relations between the county administration and medical staff, saying long-standing...
CLINICAL OFFICERS ISSUE 21-DAY ULTIMATUM TO GOVERNMENT
The Kenya Union of Clinical Officers (KUCO) has issued a 21-day nationwide strike notice, accusing the Ministry of Health and the Council of Governors (CoG)...
OP-ED : WHY THE PROPOSED U.S. – KENYA HEALTHCARE DEAL IS A TRAP
Health Cabinet Secretary Hon. Aden Duale with U.S. Chargé d’Affaires to Kenya, H.E. Susan M. Burns, during a meeting in Nairobi on ,3rd October, discussing...
THE PIG, THE WORM, AND THE HIDDEN CAUSE OF EPILEPSY
From pork ribs, pork chemsha, and pork choma, the distance between your plate and your brain could be just two to eight metres the length...
KNH WORLD-RECORD GIGANTOMASTIA SURGERY GIVES TEEN A NEW LEASE ON LIFE
For 18 months, Lydia Musivi, 17, carried a burden that went far beyond the physical. Rapid and excessive breast growth, a rare condition known as...