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Africa warming up to female condoms The people
Saturday, 10 Sep 2011

More people are accessing female condoms in Africa. A UNFPA report states that access to female condoms has reached a record high of 50 million.

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Law against female cut most welcome Saturday Nation
Saturday, 10 Sep 2011

A law has been passed that makes it illegal to practice female circumcision, procure the services of a female circumcisor or send someone out of the country to undergo the cut.                 

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Keeping pelvic inflammatory disease at bay The people
Saturday, 10 Sep 2011

Pelvic inflammatory disease affects more than 1 million women in Kenya each year. It leads to infertility, ectopic pregnancy and even death.You can detect some of its symptoms and keep this disease at bay.

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Circumcision proves to reduce HIV infection in men The Star, pg 16
Monday, 12 Sep 2011

HIV infection among circumcised men has reduced by 76 per cent in the last three years. This is according to research by the Ministry of Public Health.

 

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Man Jailed for Throwing TB Drugs Daily Nation, Pg. 34
Friday, 09 Sep 2011

Parents of a 40 year old man who threw away tuberculosis drugs meant to cure him from the disease have successfully moved to have him jailed to be monitored till he finishes his dose.

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Gay Rights are Human Rights, Says Chief Justice Mutunga The Star, Pg. 3
Friday, 09 Sep 2011

Chief justice says the opposing views on the marginalization of the gay rights movement should be brought to a final and conclusive debate.

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Aga Khan Hospital Set for First Video Link Surgery Business Daily, Pg. 1
Thursday, 08 Sep 2011

A big health milestone in Kenya is set to be marked with the first surgery enabled by remote video technology being performed today at the Aga Khan University hospital. The surgery will be conducted on the patient under the guidance o specialists sitting in India, through the use of video confere

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342 Children Die at Birth in Pumwani The Star, Pg. 2
Thursday, 08 Sep 2011

Deputy Prime Minister and Local Government minister say a total of 342 children have died at birth at the Pumwani maternity hospital in the last six months.

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