The Dandora municipal waste site east of Nairobi continues to pose environmental and health risks even after a study recommended its closure, said...

Joseph Maina rummages through waste at Boma, the nickname for the Dandora municipal dumpsite in the eastern part of Nairobi. He is looking for...

Greater investment to double rice production in Africa is needed to reduce food insecurity as well as improve livelihoods, specialists urged. ...

Five months after a specialised facility for multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients was established at Kenyatta National Hospital in...

The number of children dying before their fifth birthday in Kenya has risen in the past 10 years, according to health specialists. One in nine...

The oil-rich seed of a poisonous shrub that thrives in arid climates with poor soil lies at the heart of plans by Kenya to reduce its dependence on...

The risk of an HIV-positive mother infecting her child through breastfeeding can be significantly reduced by antiretroviral treatment (ART), say...

A public inquiry should be set up into “torture and war crimes” committed by the Sabaot Land Defence Forces (SLDF) militia and the military in Mt...

Keeping Kenyan girls in school and ensuring they have access to HIV and sex education has a dramatic effect on lowering future levels of HIV,...

HIV/AIDS funding to low- and middle-income countries reached a record level in 2007, according to a new report by UNAIDS. AIDS spending by the G8...