Health summaries
Life Saving or Deadly Vaccine?
The People pg 21 and 22Wednesday, 22 May 2013
School going girls from Kitui aged between 10 and 14, are receiving a cervical cancer vaccine called Gardasil. Gardasil has been stopped in India and slapped with class action lawsuits in the US on its adverse health effects
Full StoryHospital Captures The ministry of Residents
The Standard, Standard Extra pg 4Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Health workers at Mararal District Hospital are facing a lot of challenges in providing health services for Samburu residents. Emergency cases that cannot be handled are usually referred to Kenyatta National Hospital or the Moi Te
Full StorySystem Reports Drug Reactions and Suspends Poor Quality
The People pg 21Wednesday, 22 May 2013
A new healthcare electronic reporting system is being set to report suspected poor quality medicine and patients adverse drug reactions.
Full StoryNew Plan To End Pneumonia and Diarrhea
The People pg 22Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Global Action Plan for the Prevention of Pneumonia and Diarrhea (GAPPD), a new action plan, has been launched to accelerate the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG-4).
Full StorySugarcane Farming Fuelling Malnutrition
The Standard, Standard Extra pg 7Monday, 20 May 2013
According to Ruth Shitabule, Matete District Public Health Nurse, malnutrition is a big problem in western Kenya, hospitals receive more than 600 cases of malnourished children every month attributed to the 90 per cent residents g
Full StoryKEMRI Study Doubts Impact of School Deworming Initiative
Standard on Sunday pg 44Sunday, 19 May 2013
A study by KEMRI-Wellcome Trust is saying that, the national programme where deworming are given to school going children, in the hope that this will in time help control worms in the larger community, is unlikely to s
Full StoryAre Vaccines Making Your Child Mentally Ill?
Saturday Nation, Saturday Magazine pg 6 and 7Saturday, 18 May 2013
There has been a sharp rise on the prevalence of Autism in the past two decades after the MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella) vaccine was introduced. The MMR vaccine contains a controversial ingredient called Thiomersal which is an a
Full StoryHealth Secretary Plans to Review NHIF Rates
The People pg 2Saturday, 18 May 2013
Health secretary, James Macharia is saying that he will review the controversial NHIF rates that were introduced last year reset the ministries policies and implement them.
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