Kanyiva Muindi, African Population and Health Research Center and Blessing Mberu, African Population and Health Research Center
Research in Kenya’s capital found average levels of hazardous solid and liquid particles in the air within households were three times more than the WHO recommended maximum level.
An elderly woman votes in Kenya. The presidential results have since been contested.
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Although the number of children conceived through in vitro fertilisation born with abnormalities remains extremely low, a recent study in Kenya shows that the risk of genetic disorders is higher.
An addict prepares heroin in Lamu on the east coast of Kenya.
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With frequent irregularities, it’s easy to become cynical about elections in Africa. But polls are an essential component of the continent’s growing democracy.
The WHO recommends donor human milk as the next best infant feeding option.
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Human milk banks play an important role in ensuring the safe supply of breast milk. This is made available to babies whose mothers are unable to breastfeed.
Election campaign posters in Kibera slum, Nairobi, ahead of the upcomig polls.
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The two main candidates in Kenya’s election are incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta and the opposition’s Raila Odinga. Polls have them neck-and-neck. Here’s what you need to know about the key issues.
Inmates at a Kenyan prison wearing bracelets symbolising their new mindful leader identities.
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A new programme in Kenya’s largest maximum prison is teaching inmates how to become mindful leaders by harnessing their thoughts and emotions, and living in the power of now.
Drug resistance to cholera causing bacteria affects treatment especially in developing countries.
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Cholera is caused by a lack of access to clean drinking water and unhygienic conditions. Misuse of antibiotics makes it difficult and expensive to treat outbreaks.
If not treated properly, hypertension can lead to strokes, heart attacks or kidney failure.
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Although some complain that the differences between Kenyatta and Odinga are more rhetorical than real, one thing is clear: Kenyans have a real choice to make at the ballot box.
The historical bias against women in politics is a complex issue.
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The gender-equity rule in Kenya’s constitution offers an opportunity to remedy past wrongs. But the country’s parliament is dragging its feet in implementing it.