Kenyan medics turn to blood separation to reduce maternal mortality during childbirth
Nick Kiptanui disclosed that currently they are able to collect about 250,000 units of blood annually and when combined with components such as fresh frozen plasma, red blood cells and platelets, the quantity increases to 300,000 units.
How wanton gold mining in Migori has degraded swathes of the county into wasteland
The massive vegetation clearing meant to pave the way for mining activities has resulted in increased surface runoff that largely contributes to water pollution, with chemicals such as mercury and sodium carbonate finding their way to the area water bodies.
Four in five child deaths in Africa are avoidable and caused by infections during hospital visits, study finds
Dr Isaac Kihurani, a paediatric specialist at Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi, said that dealing with preventable child deaths takes an emotional toll on healthcare workers.
Be warned most packaged food in Kenya is unhealthy, need label under new rules – report
The report by the non-profit Access to Nutrition Initiative found that under those rules, 90 per cent of products sold by both international companies like Coca-Cola and local firms such as Brookside Dairy Ltd and Manji Foods Industries contained either too much salt, sugar or saturated fat.
After years of high teenage pregnancy incidence Kisumu County in Lake Victoria Basin sees steep decline
In 2021, Kisumu County reported 21,314 pregnancies in this age group and by 2024, the figure had fallen to 9,773. Teen pregnancies among older adolescents (15-19 years) also declined consistently over the same period from 314,534 in 2020 to 231,024 in 2024, a drop of 26.6 per cent.
Adverse childhood experiences: Study finds Kenyan adolescents highly susceptible to mental distress
The findings also pointed to socioeconomic and family-related vulnerabilities where adolescents with only one surviving parent had 18 per cent higher adversity scores and those performing poorly in school were 15 per cent more likely to have faced adversity.
Alternative medicine: Why after FDA finding that snake venom in approved drugs treats stroke convinces biohackers humans can live forever
For the biohackers, decentralisation is a feature, not a bug. It’s a safeguard against corruption. “The biohacking community,” Fabrizio “Fab” Mancini, a chiropractor and frequent flier of the daytime TV medical circuit, tells me, “is not owned by any one entity. It’s actual individuals.” In a community for whom deregulation is entirely the point, though, how do you screen for bullshit?
New data doubt if Covid vaccines saved ‘millions and millions’ of lives, calls it a drug marketing gimmick
Building on our prior work, we critically examined the hypothetical statistical models that produced this extraordinary figure, as well as multiple randomised and controlled trials and large-scale observational studies that served as the empirical basis for the vaccine efficacy estimates fed into these models.
How Buffalo Bicycle became a timely intervention in health coverage in rural Uganda
In Uganda, an East African country of 45 million people, efforts to market the bicycle have focused on supporting health workers like Abalo, who visits people’s homes and reports any issues to authorities.
Kenya’s finance minister sets aside Ksh138.1 billion in budget to address turbulence in health sector
Out of the proposed allocation, Ksh6.2 billion was proposed for Universal Health Coverage Coordination and Management, while Ksh13.1 billion went to the Primary Healthcare Fund, and Ksh430 million to provide medical cover for the orphans, elderly and severely disabled persons.
