Kenya: Healthcare Workers Abuse a Third of Young Mums From Informal Settlements - Study
[The Conversation Africa] Adolescent pregnancy is a global public health concern: in 2022, about 13% of girls and young women gave birth before the age of 18. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 30, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Children and Youth East Africa Health and Medicine Human Rights Kenya Legal and Judicial Affairs Sustainable Development Source Type: news
British Army is defeated... by diarrhoea! Parasite sickens 172 soldiers stationed in Kenya
Some 172 soldiers became ill at the Nanyuki barracks between February and April 2022 - almost a fifth of the 1,200 troops active there at the time. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A Bayesian model for predicting monthly fire frequency in Kenya - Orero L, Omondi EO, Omolo BO.
This study presents a comprehensive analysis of historical fire and climatic data to estimate the monthly frequency of vegetation fires in Kenya. This work introduces a statistical model that captures the behavior of fire count data, incorporating temporal... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Swedish Queen of Crime Camilla Lackberg Turns to Kenyan Noir, Costume, Horror Pics with ‘Gladiator 2’s’ Alexander Karim, Baker Karim (EXCLUSIVE)
Once upon a time, there was the Swedish queen of crime Camilla Läckberg, steadily delivering international best-selling adult/children’s books, cook books and song lyrics. Some of her books have turned into series –“The Fjällbacka Murders” – or soon will be – “The Golden Age,’ optioned by…#swedish #camillaläckberg #fjällbackamurders #goldenage #alexanderkarim #lawyer #starsincastle #variety #bakerkarim #karim (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kenya's High Court Bars U.N.-Backed Mission to Send Kenyan Police to Haiti
Kenyan court blocks a mission backed by the United Nations and the U.S. government to deploy 1,000 Kenyan security officers to help restore order in the Caribbean country.#kenyan #unitednations #caribbean (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
This week in science: Invasive ants, ancient chewing gum, and return of the cicadas
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Regina Barber and Pien Huang of Short Wave about a double emergence of cicadas this spring, invasive ants in Kenya, and the secrets in an ancient wad of chewing gum. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - January 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Regina G. Barber Source Type: news
Lions making fewer zebra kills due to ‘chain reaction’ involving invasive ants
Hunting by Kenyan lions impeded in ‘ecological chain reaction’ as big-headed ants fail to stop elephants stripping acacia trees – the cats’ ambush coverWhen a lion decides to chase down a zebra it seems as though nothing can stop it. But now researchers have discovered these enormous predators are being thwarted by a tiny foe: ants.Scientists have found the spread of big-headed ants in east Africa sets off a situation leading to lions making fewer zebra kills.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 25, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Science correspondent Tags: Invasive species Environment Biology Conservation Wildlife Animals Kenya Africa Science World news Source Type: news
An Inside Look at the Embryo Transplant That May Help Save the Northern White Rhino
The two loneliest rhinos in the world are the female known as Najin and her daughter, known as Fatu. They live in the Ol Pejeta conservancy, a 360 sq km (140 sq mi.) sanctuary in central Kenya. A lot of different animals representing a lot of different species call Ol Pejeta home, but Najin and Fatu are special: they are the world’s last remaining northern white rhinos, a species that once numbered 25,000 and ranged across what is now South Sudan, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Central African Republic. The near-death of the species is mostly due to poaching—with humans hunting down the rhino...
Source: TIME: Science - January 25, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Jeffrey Kluger and Photos by Ami Vitale Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Kenya: Foreigners No Longer Be Allowed to Undertake Medical, Dental Internship in Kenya - KMPDC
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Foreign medical trainees will no longer be allowed to undertake their medical or dental Internships in Kenya. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 25, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Economy, Business and Finance East Africa Education Health and Medicine Kenya Labour Sustainable Development Source Type: news
Just two northern white rhinos remain. The species ’ first IVF pregnancy could save them from extinction
The first successful embryo transfer in a southern white rhino paves way for using technique to save rarer northern cousinsThe critically endangered northern white rhino could be saved from the brink of extinction after scientists performed the first successful embryo transfer in white rhinos.After the last male northern white rhino, Sudan, died in 2018, the disappearance of the species looked imminent. Just twoinfertile female northern white rhinos– Fatu and Najin – remain, and are under 24-hour armed protection at a conservation reservation in Kenya. But a new scientific advancement means the mother and daughter may ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 24, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Patrick Greenfield Tags: Endangered species Conservation Africa Animals Environment World news Science Biodiversity Mammals Biology Source Type: news
Debt deals must become part of a country ’s economic plan
About 60 per cent of low-income countries are at high risk of debt distress or already in it, the World Bank says, fearing “another lost decade”. Interest payments have forced countries to sharply cut investments in public health, education and the environment. Over the past three years, 18…#worldbank #worldeconomicforum #davos #ethiopia #argentina #kenya #egypt #lebanon #pakistan #parisclub (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kenya: Health Ministry Launches Program to Help Fight TB By 2030
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Ministry of Health has launched a program to help fight Tuberculosis by 90 percent by 2030. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - January 23, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Kenya Tuberculosis Source Type: news
Kenya: Govt Seeks Public Input on the Draft Healthcare Fund
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Ministry of Health has invited comments on the draft Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) Regulations of 2024. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 23, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Kenya Source Type: news
Kenya: Ministry of Health Activates Donor Registration Drive to Replenish Blood Banks
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Ministry of Health has launched a donor registration drive in a bid to replenish the country's blood banks. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 22, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Kenya Source Type: news
If you donate DNA, what should scientists give in return? A 'pathbreaking' new model
That's how a prominent medical ethicist describes a researcher's innovative plan to share study results with participants in Kenya.(Image credit: Rebecca Siford) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - January 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nurith Aizenman Source Type: news
