Friday, January 31, 2025
HomeHealth

Health

Is nyama choma consumption exposing Kenyans to cancer?

Did you know that each 50 gram portion of processed meat eaten daily increases the risk of colorectal cancer by 18 percent? In a recent report, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer agency of the World...

Kakuma Refugee Camp to benefit from EU’s financial boost to UNICEF

The European Commission has signed two agreements with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to fund humanitarian programmes for children and women in Kenya worth €895,000 an equivalent of Sh100 million. The Commission will provide €545,000 (sh61M) in support of...

Unilever ranked top employer in Kenya

The Top Employer Institute, an international certification institute, has ranked Unilever as the number one employer in Kenya in 2015/16 for the third year in a row. The institute based in the Netherlands, benchmarks companies against global human resource best...

Majority of sexual and domestic violence cases in Makueni go unreported

      Makueni County Commissioner Ms. Pauline Dola speaking at Wote during the Mashujaa Day celebrations said despite the increasing number of gender violence and rape cases especially among young girls in the county, many of the victims shy away from...

Kenyans stand with Janet Kanini, Anjlee Gadhvi in solidarity against cancer

On October 7, Janet Kanini Ikua broke news to the world that she had been diagnosed as having stage four lung cancer. Despite the revelation being a tear-jerker, many people have commended the suave TV presenter and storyteller for her...

Extreme poverty remains the biggest challenge to Sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya included

Following the adoption of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda (SDG) and 17 Global Goals by 193 UN Member States, this heralds a new approach to a sustainable world. UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner said “Every so often the world takes a...

Nyeri golf charity to raise funds for a cancer hospital

Couple months ago the conversation about Cancer in Kenya was given a shot in the arm with Kenyans on Twitter gaining global recognition for pulling off a fundraiser for one Jadudi's treatment overseas. This was particularly encouraging because most...

Makueni County Assembly wants County Government to hire a resident pathologist

  Members of the Makueni County Assembly (MCAs) want the Department of Health to hire a resident pathologist to serve at the County Referral Hospital. In a motion tabled by MCA for Kitise / Kithuki ward Julius Mwalali on Thursday, the...

#TheJadudiReport is out as mobile contribution to Sub-Saharan African economy surpasses US$100 billion

#TheJadudiReport is out as mobile contribution to Sub-Saharan African economy surpasses US$100 billion according to a new report. In what may seem like a well-timed coincidence, the #1MilliForJadudi campaign report was released on the same day as the GSMA, an...

Coast school girls develop black stone that sucks poison out of snake bites

Students at Coast Girls School have developed a small black stone that is saving lives following snake and scorpion bites in Kongowea and Likoni in Mombasa County, through a school project led by Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa, and supported...

Popular posts

My favorites

I'm social

0FansLike
0FollowersFollow
0FollowersFollow
0SubscribersSubscribe