A step at time: How visiting and treating heroin and opium addicts in their hovels is achieving rapid results in Kenya’s Kiambu County
Thanks to early testing and consistent care, rates of HIV, hepatitis C and TB among clients remained low. Some even began preventive HIV treatments like PrEP and PEP, a testament to the shift from crisis response to long-term health planning.
Danger in your hands: Study finds cellphone radiation causes abnormal blood clumping in just five minutes
For the data in this study, Brown and his colleague, Barbara Biebrich, an ultrasound technician, did an initial experiment including an ultrasound scan of the leg vein of a 62-year-old asymptomatic woman with no history of allergy, blood disorder or systemic disease.
Randy dad busted sexually abusing youngest daughter, which leads to three others going public about how he serially raped them, impregnated them
Gender Cabinet Secretary Hannah Cheptumo said the children will be transferred to a safe place as investigations proceeded. She said the ministry will also ensure that the children are taken to school and that all their requirements will be catered for to ensure a smooth study.
Biotechnology: Health experts in Kenya call for speedy resolution of logjam on genetically modified crops
A clinical pharmacologist from UMMA University Dr James Ndukui said that biotechnology is here to stay and very useful in the Kenyan population concept, where the population is increasing and therefore the need to enhance food production is encompassed in Vision 2030 food security, safety and sustainability.
Kenyan children at high risk of online sexual exploitation, says Dutch civil society as it launches campaign against the menace
Recent research conducted with children and parents and caregivers by Terre des Hommes Netherlands revealed that socio-economic challenges, low digital literacy, and authoritative parenting impairs caregivers’ ability to protect their children from risks of online sexual exploitation.
Agricultural experts in vouch for improved seed varieties to raise millet yields in western Kenya
Millet farmers led by Marygoret Omodia expressed joy how their yields have improved after using the improved variety and using the correct ways of planting.
Why rare diseases often go undiagnosed or untreated in parts of Africa
Globally, more than 350 million people live with rare diseases, most of them caused by a misstep hidden within their genes. Some conditions can be caught early and treated – but in parts of Africa where population data and resources are scarce, many people go undiagnosed.
Study in Sweden reveals sexual harassment is still a taboo subject even in gender-equality hotspots
The Lund findings echo those of a 2022 study2 of gender-based violence and sexual harassment in European research settings, which found that the prevalence of gender-based violence was fairly uniform across 15 nations.
UNICEF: Donor funding cuts leave 13 million children in Eastern and Southern Africa at risk of severe malnutrition
In South Sudan, malnutrition among children under five as well as pregnant and breastfeeding women, remains a critical concern. This year, over two million children under five are at risk of acute malnutrition (both moderate and severe acute malnutrition), a 26 per cent increase from 2024.
WHO recommends social and psychological support for school girls to address adolescent pregnancy
Reasons for early pregnancy vary, but are interrelated including gender inequities, poverty, lack of opportunity and inability to access sexual and reproductive health services, with also a strong correlation with child marriage; and in low- and middle-income countries.
