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Global Fund raises $11 billion at its first replenishment summit in Africa

6h agoJOHN MUCHANGI

What Kenya’s new fertility treatment law bans and allows

Children conceived using donated sperm or egg may never know their biological parents. However, law protects them from marrying a relative.

14h agoSTAR REPORTERHealth

Antibiotic resistance in Kenya, the pandemic no one is talking about

Our research in Kenyan hospitals is showing that up to 6 in 10 people with resistant bacteria in blood will die.

21h agoDR LOICE ACHIENG OMBAJO and DR EVE KOILEHealth

Toilets can make Kenya's roads safer, according to this new study

In 2020, lawyer Adrian Kamotho Njenga successfully sued some authorities in Kenya, compelling them to provide toilets for travellers.

1d agoFestival Godwin BoatengHealth

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African groups among winners of global women’s health grant

The grants, ranging from US$ 1 million to US$ 5 million, were provided by Pivotal, a philanthropy group founded by Melinda French Gates.

1d agoJOHN MUCHANGIHealth

Pollution and disease are killing million of Tilapia fish in Lake Victoria

Our study in Kenya found that fish deaths in Lake Victoria’s tilapia industry are likely driven by water quality problems.

1d agoThe ConversationHealth

Which cooking oil is best? Asking how they’re made could tell you more

Many food products list only “vegetable oil” without specifying type or origin and sustainability labels are inconsistent and easily manipulated.

2d agoTHE CONVERSATIONHealth

AAR Hospital earns top-tier SafeCare Level 5 certification

SafeCare certification is granted after an intensive assessment covering thirteen critical areas of hospital operations

2d agoJACKTONE LAWIHealth

Kenyan belly buttons differ from global patterns

It might change how surgeons work. KNH doctors studied 400 Kenyan navels, and found they sit lower in the abdomen.

3d agoJOHN MUCHANGIHealth

Khama Rogo: Why Kenya should rethink the Master of Medicine programme

About 500 master’s students could be working at KNH, yet they are not its employees…when counties have a shortage of doctors.

3d agoWambua SammyHealth

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Global Fund raises $11 billion at its first replenishment summit in Africa

What Kenya’s new fertility treatment law bans and allows

Antibiotic resistance in Kenya, the pandemic no one is talking about

Toilets can make Kenya's roads safer, according to this new study

Love Health? Stay Connected!

African groups among winners of global women’s health grant

Pollution and disease are killing million of Tilapia fish in Lake Victoria

Which cooking oil is best? Asking how they’re made could tell you more

AAR Hospital earns top-tier SafeCare Level 5 certification

Kenyan belly buttons differ from global patterns

Khama Rogo: Why Kenya should rethink the Master of Medicine programme

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