Health
Call To Action For Clubfoot Cases
BY KNA's JUDY TOOChildren with disabilities are one of the marginalized and excluded groups in society. And for that reason, parents in Uasin Gishu County have...
Cigarette Smoking Among Leading Causes Of Disabilities
This year’s World No Tobacco Day will be celebrated at Sibuoche market in Migori county on Wednesday 31, May at an event expected to be graced by senior nationa...
Women With Disabilities Most Affected By Period Poverty
Women and girls with disabilities are most affected by lack of access to sanitary hygiene products than the other population all over the world.This, according...
Mental Health Awareness-Depression
BY ESTHER MUTURIDepression is a chronic feeling of emptiness, sadness, or inability to feel pleasure that may appear to happen for no clear reason. It is distin...
NHIF Seeks Sh. 6.9 Billion To Rollout Preventive Healthcare Package
By KNA's Chris MahandaraThe National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) has written a proposal to the National Treasury to secure Sh. 6.9 billion to roll out a pre...
KEMSA Reforms
President William Ruto on Monday through a notification of presidential action dated May 15 appointed Irungu Nyakera as the chairperson of the Kenya Medical Su...
WHO Closes Down Its Regional Office In Moscow
By REUTERSThe World Health Organization said on Monday, May 15, that its members in Europe had voted to shut a regional office located in Moscow, a move which f...
Mental Health-Accepting Your Disability
Mental health according to the Centre for Disease Control includes emotional, psychological, and social well-being which affects how we think, feel and act.It a...
Health CS Announce New Malaria Approach
BY MUSA MARANGAHealth ministry cabinet secretary(CS) Susan Nakhumicha has announced a changed approach to malaria control measures terming it a paradigm shift b...
World Immunization Week
BY ESTHER WANGECIWorld Immunization Week is a global public health campaign celebrated from 24 to 30 April annually to raise awareness and increase rates of imm...
Doctors Strike In Various Counties
BY ESTHER WANGECIDoctors, nurses, clinical officers, and other health workers from Kisumu, Mombasa, Nyamira, Vihiga, Bomet, and Nyandarua counties are currently...
Hemophilia Patients Mark World Haemophilia Day
Patients with Hemophilia, a rare genetic condition where a person’s blood does not clot normally because of insufficient levels of certain clotting factors that...
Ghana Approves Oxford’s Malaria Vaccine
Ghana has become the first country in the world to approve a new malaria vaccine from Oxford University, with children under the age of three in line to benefit...
Rotavirus Outbreak In Mombasa
The Mombasa County government has raised an alarm about the Rotavirus outbreak in various parts of the county, the Kisauni sub-county being the most affected.Sp...
Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) is a rare genetic disorder that affects connective tissues, such as muscles and tendons, and causes them to turn int...
Government Set To Reduce NHIF Rates
Kenyans in the informal sector will have improved access to medical care after the government announced a plan to reduce the monthly contribution rate of the Na...
Kenya Among Countries Hit By Cholera In Africa
Kenya is among countries which are experiencing an upsurge of cholera cases in the Eastern and Southern Africa, this is according to the United Nations Internat...
Stroke
American Stroke Association defines stroke as a disease that affects the arteries leading to and within the brain. It occurs when a blood vessel that carries ox...
What Causes Heart Attack?
Health experts describe a heart attack as an occurrence caused by severely reduced or blocked flow of blood to the heart.The blockage is due to a buildup of fat...
Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Osteogenesis imperfecta also known as brittle bone disease, or Lobstein syndrome is a genetic disorder that prevents the body from building strong bones.Osteoge...