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Health
Lobby wants tobacco control laws enforced to curb rising burden of NCDs
Cigarette smoking is a key risk factor for oesophageal cancer
Three cancer radiotherapy centres to open by July
Currently only three other public hospitals have radiotherapy machines. These are KNH, MTRH and the KUTRRH.
'Not a curse': Grappling with newborn natal teeth
Babies' first teeth that prop up normally come with fever, diarrhoea.
Experts, consumers should be at the center of tobacco harm reduction policies
Efficacy of better policies that improve the overall health an wellbeing of the population.
9 users of safer nicotine products for every 100 smokers
WHO estimates one billion people will die of smoking-related disease by the year 2100.
Misinformation a challenge to tobacco harm reduction – experts
They say misinformation is detrimental to public health, as it is not based on scientific evidence.
Nairobi Hospital Covid-19 facility opens in two weeks
It is aimed at boosting capacity to handle Covid-19 patients
Popular contraceptive Depo Provera cleared of HIV link
Depo is used by about two million Kenyan women.
255 Nairobi doctors strike over salary delay
NMS deputy Kang'ethe Thuku says they have met demands, says doctors are being unfair to taxpayers
Bill and Melinda Gates recognise Kenyan innovators
Top Goalkeepers award goes to Dr John N. Nkengasong, the director of the Africa CDC
Lifting of Mexico City policy good for Kenya
But Kenya needs to fully fund its sexual and reproductive health and family planning programme