HEALTH: Focusing on Sickle Cell Disease
What is sickle cell disease?
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic condition.
It runs in families and is more common in certain races, including African-American.
SCD refers to a group of red blood cell disorders. Normal...
HEALTH: Africa’s WHO boss calls on vaccine manufacturers to scale up production
World Health Organization (WHO) Africa Regional Director Dr Matshidiso Moeti has asked Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers to expand production capacity to meet urgent continental demand for the jabs.
Dr Moeti’s appeal is part of a growing chorus of concern from the...
HEALTH: PPB warns over growing rate of antimicrobial resistance
The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has warned Kenyans over the growing incidence of antimicrobial resistance due to the abuse of antibiotics.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites develop mechanisms to...
Man on mission for healthy generation
With the surge of Covid-19 cases in Kenya and the country taking a risk to reopen schools in January,parents had no option but to let their children resume structured learning.
This time, apart books and...
HEALTH: Real-time blood need solution found
That calm afternoon, Kenyans received heartbreaking news; terrorists had struck, killing tens of people at the West Gate mall and maiming several others.
Amid the confusion and rescue efforts, an appeal for blood to save...
FEATURE: Testing HIV/AIDs positive is not end of reproductive life
“Learning that you are HIV positive can be one of the most difficult experiences in life. You may feel scared, sad or even angry. This is okay and a completely natural part of coping...
HEALTH: Mixed reactions as Covid-19 vaccination drive gets underway
Kenya is focused on the task of getting citizens immunized against Covid-19 amid mixed reactions.
The country received the first batch of vaccines recently and had doses dispatched to the counties for effective rollout of the...
COVID-19: The education sector faces an uphill path
They say when it rains it pours. The world is wrestling with the COVID-19 pandemic. Neither is Kenya an exception. The education sector is the worst hit.
For nine months, the sector was grounded. Learning...
Relieve for residents as KEMSA delivers drugs
The Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) recently delivered a consignment of assorted medicine to Nyamira County worth Kshs. 41 million.
This will see over 115 medical facilities in the county stocked with the essential medical...
INTERESTING: Why WHO logo has a snake
For Isaac Newton to discover the law of gravity, he must have acted like a ‘clever fool’.
You see, if a fruit gets detached from the tree, it should ‘obviously’ come down.
But for the father...
