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KENYA: Healthcare hurdles in Nairobi’s slums

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Quality healthcare is a luxury often beyond the reach of those who live in Nairobi’s slums, such as mother-of-seven Grace Awour Opondo."When you are...

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KENYA: Cholera confirmed in western region

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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

An outbreak of cholera has been confirmed in the Kisumu municipality in the western region, a senior health official has said. "Atleast 13 out of 38...

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KENYA: Healthcare threatened by political crisis

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IRIN

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Health officials are concerned about the long-term impact of Kenya's political crisis on healthcare, especially in areas hardest hit by violence...

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KENYA: Land feud claims more lives in Mt Elgon district

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IRIN

Monday, October 29, 2007

A simmering feud over land rights in western Kenya's Mt Elgon district was blamed for several killings there in October, as disease spread among...

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KENYA: Private agony of public clinics

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IRIN

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Margaret Wanjiru would rather forget the experience of having her first baby at one of the public hospitals in Nairobi, Kenya's capital. "I remember...

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GLOBAL: MSF urges new approach to malnutrition treatment

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IRIN

Sunday, October 14, 2007

Médecins Sans Frontières has called for a radical shift in the way child malnutrition is treated across the world, saying therapeutic ready-to-use...

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AFRICA: MPs must push for women's access to health services

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Sunday, September 16, 2007

African parliamentarians need to push public policy to focus more on women's health issues, delegates attending a regional workshop organised by the...

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KENYA: Slow response to high HIV rates in prisons

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PlusNews

Tuesday, September 04, 2007

The problem of HIV in Kenya's prisons - where prevalence is about twice the national average - will remain unsolved as long as homosexuality is...

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KENYA: Lucy Mugure: "I do not want my children to bring up their children here"

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IRIN

Sunday, July 15, 2007

Lucy Mugure, 38, is a single mother of five and a resident of the sprawling Mathare slums. Mugure brews a type of illicit liquor, popularly known as...

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KENYA: Bringing health services to Kibera's poor

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IRIN

Monday, July 09, 2007

NAIROBIDuring her average 12-hour day at the Senye Medical Clinic in Nairobi’s Kibera slum, Dorah Nyanja wears many hats alongside her stethoscope....

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