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KENYA: Dumpsite threatens heal...
KENYA: Dumpsite threatens health and environment
Saturday, November 15, 2008
The Dandora municipal waste site east of Nairobi continues to pose environmental and health risks even after a study recommended its closure, said...
KENYA: Joseph Maina:
KENYA: Joseph Maina: "For every 30kg of waste, they pay me 50 shillings"
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Joseph Maina rummages through waste at Boma, the nickname for the Dandora municipal dumpsite in the eastern part of Nairobi. He is looking for...
AFRICA: Investment key to doub...
AFRICA: Investment key to doubling rice production
Monday, November 3, 2008
Greater investment to double rice production in Africa is needed to reduce food insecurity as well as improve livelihoods, specialists urged. ...
KENYA: Isolation wards vital i...
KENYA: Isolation wards vital in TB fight
Monday, November 3, 2008
Five months after a specialised facility for multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients was established at Kenyatta National Hospital in...
KENYA: Child deaths on the ris...
KENYA: Child deaths on the rise
Monday, November 3, 2008
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...
KENYA: Boosting biofuels witho...
KENYA: Boosting biofuels without compromising food security
Thursday, August 14, 2008
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...
KENYA: Breast is best, even fo...
KENYA: Breast is best, even for mothers with HIV
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
The risk of an HIV-positive mother infecting her child through breastfeeding can be significantly reduced by antiretroviral treatment (ART), say...
KENYA: Investigate “torture” i...
KENYA: Investigate “torture” in Mt Elgon operation, government urged
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
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...
KENYA: More education equals l...
KENYA: More education equals less teen pregnancy and HIV
Sunday, July 27, 2008
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,...
GLOBAL: AIDS spending breaks r...
GLOBAL: AIDS spending breaks records, but needs more focus
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
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...
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