‘Plan Your Family or we will Halt Free Primary Education Project’ Daily Nation, DN2, Pg. 2
Tuesday, 23 Aug 2011

According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), lack of family planning, coupled with low education levels, have led to a population boom that is set to hit 40 million in the next two years, and with the country grappling with a staggering economy and overwhelming levels of poverty, plan

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Phase Two TB Trials Launched The Standard, My Health, Pg. 9
Tuesday, 23 Aug 2011

The AERAS, a non-profit product development organization dedicated to the development of effective tuberculosis (TB) vaccines and the Oxford Emergent Tuberculosis Consortium (OETC) start the second tuberculosis vaccine trials in Senegal and South Africa. The trial is expected to generate importan

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Youths Risk ARVs Resistance The Standard, My Health, Pg. 6
Tuesday, 23 Aug 2011

Dr David Ndirangu, a pharmacist is warning youths against having unprotected sex and abuse in pre-exposure prophylaxis as they risk developing resistance to antiretroviral drugs.

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Free Sex is Back Via ARVs The Standard, My Health, Pg. 6
Tuesday, 23 Aug 2011

With scientific studies showing that antiretroviral can prevent the risk of HIV transmission; young people are engaging in risky sexual behavior believing they have discovered the secret of protecting themselves against unwanted pregnancy and HIV.

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No Condom Factory for Kenya, Says Cardinal Njue The Star, Pg. 7
Tuesday, 23 Aug 2011

John cardinal Njue condemns the government’s plan to put up a factory for manufacturing condoms in Kenya, saying the government should uphold ethics and respect the ways which god has approved that people should live.

 

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Sh50m Referral Hospital to Curb Maternal Deaths The People, Pg. 16
Monday, 22 Aug 2011

An ultra modern referral women’s hospital is under construction in Isiolo district. The construction funded by MaterCare international at a cost of sh50 million is slated to benefit women from the vast dioceses of Isiolo and Meru, who face numerous maternal health complications that are wor

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Clinics Struggle to Retain HIV Patients in Care The People, Pg. 15
Monday, 22 Aug 2011

According to a senior comprehensive care center nurse at the Kenyatta National Hospital, retaining people living with HIV not yet eligible for treatment remain a challenge, as once they come and are treated for opportunistic infection and they start feeling better, they disappear, with the medica

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Mosquito Stays Ahead of Anti-Malaria Experts Daily Nation, Pg. 20
Monday, 22 Aug 2011

A recent study led by Dr Jean Francois Trape at Dakar’s Institut de Recherche pour la development suggests that the mosquito can rapidly develop resistance to nets treated with Deltamethrin, however some experts are cautioning against the panic though.

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