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  • Western-Style Diet Brings New Health Problems to Kenya 22 Dec 2009 22:31 GMT
    ... relentlessly stalk communities in some areas of Kenya, while in others, diabetes, heart disease, and ... Mutuma is principal researcher for the Kenya Medical Research Institute. "We are having a tsunami, ... taking over. According to Ministry of Public Health figures, non-communicable diseases contributed to more than ...

  • People Power Vs Fake Drugs [opinion] 28 Dec 2009 16:03 GMT
    ... over half the world's population, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Gates Foundation warned ... World Health Organisation. In November, the National Medical Stores (NMS) found 100 non-existent health centres ... strains they cause are the greatest threat Kenyans face according to Dr James Sitienei of ...

  • My body, my choice: Kenya's transsexuals 23 Dec 2009 14:42 GMT
    ... as the strongest' Mahatma Gandhi One of Kenya’s notable heroic moments in history is undoubtedly ... non-transsexual Kenyans seek treatment for sexually transmitted diseases? How come you don’t ask non-transsexual Kenyans ... it to be) and all sorts of medical interventions for any disorder, condition and disease. ...

  • Kenya - Rich nations should help the poor in climate change 27 Dec 2009 00:30 GMT
    ... Kenya - Rich nations should help the poor ... as increase life expectancy by reducing heart disease risk. This is based on the reality ... and low production corresponds with limited consumption. Health problems due to overconsumption are, for the ...

  • IRIN series examines health, development issues in Kenya 24 Dec 2009 06:35 GMT
    ... examines health and development in Kenya. "The vast arid lands of northern Kenya ... of the country. ...  Preventable and treatable diseases are often neither prevented nor treated for ...

  • 12 arrested over theft of govt drugs 30 Dec 2009 21:34 GMT
    ... TWELVE health workers in Soroti district were on Tuesday ... on Tuesday arrested over theft of Government drugs. The arrests were carried out during a ... have found their way to clinics in Kenya. Investigators also found some drugs with labels ...

  • Dirty needles cause 20% of African HIV infections 29 Dec 2009 04:32 GMT
    ... HIV sufferers in Africa was infected by medical staff using dirty needles and clinical equipment, ... new cases annually are caused by erratic health practices. Experts admit that the findings have ... has researched the spread of HIV in Kenya through tetanus vaccinations. "The mindset is to ...

  • KENYA: DRUG PATENT PROTECTION BILL FACES LEGAL TEST IN MARCH 22 Dec 2009 10:33 GMT
    ... KENYA: DRUG PATENT PROTECTION BILL FACES LEGAL TEST ... that the law confuses generic and fake medicine. This could cause a health crisis as generics constitute 90 percent of medicines ...

  • Anti-Counterfeit Law 'Violates Right to Life and Health' 22 Dec 2009 05:13 GMT
    ... Nairobi — Kenya's new Anti-Counterfeit Act will be challenged on ... basis that it violates the right to health. The petitioners, three people living with HIV, ... that the law confuses generic and fake medicine. This could cause a health crisis as ...

  • Anti-Counterfeit Act Violates Right to Health, Say Patients 23 Dec 2009 08:23 GMT
    ... Kenya's new Anti-Counterfeit Act will be challenged on ... basis that it violates the right to health. The petitioners, three people living with HIV, ... that the law confuses generics with fake medicine. This could cause a health crisis as ...

  • Electronic records can streamline health care 24 Dec 2009 14:15 GMT
    ... (PlusNews) - Replacing manual data with electronic health records would significantly improve the quality of ... 100,000 HIV-positive patients at sites across western Kenya. "Scaling up treatment programmes requires timely data ... data system can help programme managers avoid medical errors and stock-outs of key medicines, while ...

  • Vaccination key to stemming rotavirus, say experts 23 Dec 2009 08:59 GMT
    ... DAKAR, 8 December 2009 (IRIN) - African health experts are calling on governments to vaccinate ... expert at Ghana’s Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, told IRIN the evidence is clear ... WHO. Following a recent rotavirus meeting in Kenya, a number of countries in southern and ...

  • Meeting Muslim leaders halfway on HIV education 22 Dec 2009 12:32 GMT
    ... The new strategy encourages Imams to spread HIV messages while remaining true to their religious ... scholar at the Isiolo Jamia Mosque in Kenya's Eastern Province. Muslim leaders in Kenya have ... are unwell and to seek treatment for health conditions," said Abdullahi Mahat Daud, deputy director of ...

  • Call to protect human rights during HIV testing drive 30 Dec 2009 10:42 GMT
    ... aims to test 80 percent of eligible Kenyans by 2010 NAIROBI, 30 December 2009 (PlusNews) ... protected during the country's national door-to-door voluntary HIV testing and counselling drive which began in ... recent letter to Kenya's minister for public health. "In particular, we are calling for clear attention ...

  • Also in Global Health news: Food shortages in Eritrea; Kenya HIV testing; aid in Malawi, Nepal; U.S. agriculture appointment 28 Dec 2009 06:40 GMT
    ... article includes quotes from a former Eritrean health ministry employee and John Holmes, the U.N.'s under ... and emergency relief (Harter, 12/24). Door-To-Door Voluntary HIV Testing Campaign Reaches 1.5M examines the results ... and counseling campaign that was launched in Kenya in November. According to Nicholas Muraguri, director ...


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