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Tobacco industries should clean up their mess
Reading Time: 2 minutes We celebrated World No Tobacco Day, a global event to make an effort to minimise the use of tobacco, on […]
Genetically altered mosquitoes to close gaps in malaria fight
Reading Time: 6 minutes In 2020, nearly 6.9 million cases of malaria and about 742 deaths were confirmed in Kenya according to the Kenya […]
How tobacco industry uses front groups to advance interests
Reading Time: 2 minutes The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced, killing more than 8 […]
How to discontinue breastfeeding in an easy, painless way
Reading Time: 4 minutes For any mother, the beginning of your breastfeeding journey can be a hard one — what with dealing with cracked […]
Busia: Families finally allowed to visit prisoners since 2020 after Covid-19 vaccination
Reading Time: 2 minutes Families in Busia can now visit their imprisoned kin after the county health department conducted a Covid-19 vaccination exercise in […]
Why walking 7K steps a day will keep you away from death
Reading Time: 3 minutes Middle-aged people can reduce their risk of premature death by more than two-thirds by walking just 7,000 steps on a […]
Guinea confirms West Africa’s first Marburg virus case
Reading Time: < 1 minute Health officials in Guinea have confirmed West Africa’s first case of Marburg, a highly-infectious disease that’s in the same family […]
WHO says Africa’s COVID-19 caseload at historic high amid third wave
Reading Time: 2 minutes The number of COVID-19 cases in Africa has surged at an unprecedented pace as the continent grapples with a third […]
WHO concerned over Covid-19 spread in Africa as South Africa, Kenya cases rising
Reading Time: < 1 minute Africa had reported 597,223 confirmed Covid-19 cases, including 9,691 deaths, by Monday according to the WHO statistics.
COVID-19 pandemic continues unabated in S. Africa, prompts warning from WHO
Reading Time: < 1 minute The COVID-19 pandemic continued unabated in South Africa, with 9,300 new confirmed cases reported in the past 24 hours, Health […]