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Doctors have strongly condemned the invasion of Kitengela Hospital, a private health facility in Kajiado County, during Tuesday’s Saba Saba demonstrations.
Fibroids can start off pimple-sized then grow to as big as the human head.
Fibroids is a major cause of infertility among women.
Last week, Lupita shared her experience being diagnosed with fibroids with all and sundry on her official Facebook page.
The process of developing a new drug to treat a disease can last at least three years to forever, says Palu Dhanani, the Managing Director at UCL.
If you ask Phyllis Atieno*, 25, from Huyani village in Koru, Kisumu county, nothing can prepare a woman for the intense horror of an attack.
The evidence collected by the doctor, or a clinician, will be integral to the arrest and successful prosecution of the perpetrator.
For Phyllis Atieno*, 25, from Huyani village in Koru, Kisumu county, nothing could have prepared her for the sheer horror of an attack.
The Social Health Insurance Act (SHIA), which provides Social Health Authority (SHA), offers the possibility of a public-private partnership (PPP) with private medical insurance companies.
For weeks the whereabouts of Kenya’s former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has been a subject of deep discussions both online and offline; with lots of rumours that he was gravely ill.
Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga was battling a set of deadly comorbidities, among them hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes.
The UNAIDS report revealed that the withdrawal of USAID funding has affected HIV care, increasing risks and uncertainty around the availability and management of essential HIV commodities.
According to Winnie Muhoro, head of the Newborn and Child Health section at the Ministry of Health (MoH), pneumonia-related deaths are closely linked to poverty.
It has been three weeks since ODM leader Raila Odinga fondly known as ‘Baba’, was laid to rest after he passed away in India, reportedly while seeking healing at an Ayurvedic facility.
In Kenya, Ayurveda is classified as alternative medicine alongside traditional African medicine and homeopathy.
Public Health officials in Kenya are in the initial stages of planning for a possible Marburg virus outbreak in Kenya after three deaths were confirmed in Ethiopia.
When you are bedridden and unable to move about, you end up sitting on one spot for long periods. This puts immense pressure on that area, restricting blood flow to the skin and underlying tissue
Within an hour of his presentation, ‘visitors’ from a ‘big’ beverage company known for its sweet-drink-products arrived in parliament ‘to talk’ with him.
While this once-a-day pill revolutionised treatment and remains Kenya’s first-line regimen, daily adherence remains a persistent challenge for many people, particularly among adolescents.
Humans get infected during close contact with infected animal carcasses or contaminated animal products
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