There are many health issues competing for the limited resources on the health budget said the Medical superintendent of Mbagathi District Hospital Andrew Suleh. In order to meet the growing need in health care the government should not only have policies and guidelines but also strategic focus o

According to the National Aids Control Council (NACC) at least 44 percent of new HIV/AIDS infections in central province are among married people who engage in extramarital affairs. NACC Central region monitoring and evaluation officer James Kiiru said that the high rate of infection is a major c

Initiatives that have increased prevention and treatment awareness are bringing down TB infection rates. A new treatment called the Direct Observation and Treatment (Dots) method developed by WHO is said to help stop the spread especially in developing countries.

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Maternal mortality is still on the increase because of lack of knowledge, inadequate supply of family planning services, poor quality of reproductive health services, restrictive abortion laws and lack of adequate policies that address women’s reproductive health comprehensively.

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The introduction of stringent screening has led to a decline in the number of people stepping forward to donate blood. People keep away from donating blood due to misunderstanding and fear.

The prevalence of tuberculosis and HIV is higher in Kenyan prisons than elsewhere in the country. The HIV rate is 0.5 times higher than that of the public at 6.6 percent.

During the UN General Assembly, Kenya committed to recruit and deploy and additional 20,000 primary care workers as well as to establish 210 primary health facility centers to provide maternal and child health services. How many of these promises have been met?

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The government has said that every Kenyan visiting a medical facility may soon be requested to take a HIV test. This measure is meant to boost the response towards HIV.

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