Bleached girls: India and its love for light skin
“Let’s scrub out that tan” is a common refrain in beauty parlours in India, where girls grow up with constant reminders that...
Ethiopia must do more to stop recurring chikungunya outbreaks
Ethiopia’s second largest city, Dire Dawa, is dealing with a chikungunya fever outbreak. Around 20,000 cases of the mosquito-borne viral infection have...
Bad habits drive health risks among Kenya’s urban poor
There’s a rise of cardiovascular diseases in developing countries which is linked to changes in diet, physical activity and obesity.
The Kenyan...
Machakos County Launches Cancer Centre to ease War against the Scourge
Machakos County boss Dr. Alfred Mutua launched a state of the art cancer centre in Machakos, to aid in the war against...
Tana River County’s Health System Gets A Boost As First Lady Unveils New Facilities
Tana River County received a major boost in its health system after First Lady Margaret Kenyatta unveiled multi-million shilling medical facilities.
Chalk to Heal Your Deadly Chest Pains? Fake Augmentin sold by Pharmacies in Kenya
What an year it has been! In 2019, there has been so much expose of the chemicals that Kenyans have been consuming....
5 Types of Meningitis and Different ways to Treat All of Them
Meningitis is a disease where the membranes
surrounding the brain known as meninges get inflamed. Meninges protect the
brain and...
Towards a healthy nation, a doctor’s advice on how you can stay healthy, and...
They say health is wealth; - which
simply means our good health is our real wealth. Good health enables us to face
the challenges...
Decline in HIV Awareness is to Blame for the Escalating HIV/AIDS Cases
Chest Physician Dr. Timothy Kingond'u has warned that the HIV pandemic is getting worse despite suggestions to the contrary. Kingond'u says the decline on...
Health Beat: How Alcohol And Cigarettes are Killing The Youth
BY FAITH MUTETE - Everybody all over the world as long as your young wait anxiously for the...
