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Kenya cuts AIDS deaths by 69 percent amid improved diagnosis

Nairobi, Sept. 17 -- Kenya has reduced AIDS-related deaths by almost 68.9 percent over the past 15 years, bringing the country closer to achieving the global goal of eliminating AIDS as a public healt... Read More


Study backs smartphone-linked brain tests for epilepsy

Nairobi, Sept. 14 -- A portable brain test that uses a smartphone to send results to specialists could help patients suspected of having epilepsy access specialised testing closer to home, reducing th... Read More


The plants costing Sh100,000 and why Kenyans are rushing to buy them

Nairobi, Sept. 14 -- Would you spend Sh144,000 on three trees? Last Friday, someone did at Planty Kenya, a small shop in Lavington, Nairobi. Three European olive trees, each at ShSh48,000, left the sh... Read More


The wealthy Kenyans spending more than Sh100,000 on grown plants

Nairobi, Sept. 14 -- Would you spend Sh144,000 on three trees? Last Friday, someone did at Planty Kenya, a small shop in Lavington, Nairobi. Three European olive trees, each at ShSh48,000, left the sh... Read More


Struggling to sleep? How blackout curtains can help, and when they won't

Nairobi, Sept. 13 -- When you are exhausted, sleep should come easily. But for Selina Kathambi, it did not. After giving birth to her daughter, she expected the usual challenges of new motherhood; sle... Read More


Kenya reviews market entry for diabetes drug, Mounjaro

Nairobi, Sept. 9 -- The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has begun reviewing an application to register Mounjaro, a booming once-weekly injectable diabetes drug, for use in Kenya. The application was... Read More


Kenya reviews Mounjaro market entry

Nairobi, Sept. 9 -- The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has begun reviewing an application to register Mounjaro, a booming once-weekly injectable diabetes drug, for use in Kenya. The application was... Read More


Unicef flags child abuse on Kenya WhatsApp, Facebook platforms

Nairobi, Sept. 5 -- The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has called for stronger safeguards from digital platforms and better protection for children as online sexual abuse increasingly takes p... Read More


Sh500m KU children's hospital project lies unfinished a decade later

Nairobi, Sept. 3 -- A Sh500 million project to build a dedicated children's hospital at the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral, and Research Hospital (Kutrrh) has stalled at the foundation stage f... Read More


HIV gains expose new burden for patients, healthcare system

Nairobi, Sept. 1 -- Kenya has reduced new HIV infections by 83 percent in ten years, from 101,448 in 2013 to 16,752 in 2023, while the number of people receiving antiretroviral therapy more than doubl... Read More