By Lydia Gichuki The World Health Organization (WHO) and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CBC) has raised alarm over a severe and strange strain of hepatitis that is attacking children. WHO says the strain is ‘Acute, severe and of unknown origin.’ 343 probable cases have been reported in 21 countries, with 26 children […]
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Kumekuwa na Tishio la Milipuko ya Magonjwa Hatari kutokana na kupungua kwa chanjo ya utotoni. Kenya na mataifa mengine duniani yaliadhimisha Wiki ya Chanjo Duniani mnamo mwezi wa Aprili, Wiki ya mwisho. Hata hivyo, kilicho wazi ni kwamba sekta ya afya lazima izingatie upya juhudi zake katika kampeni za chanjo ili kuwalinda watoto kutokana na hatari inayoongezeka
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By Lydia Gichuki One in every five deaths of Kenyan children below the age of five is caused by malaria a disease that is deadly yet effectively preventable and treatable. Each minute, a child dies of Malaria which translates to 1,300 children dying every day. Kenya still suffers an estimated 3.5 million new clinical cases
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