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Women die through Unsafe Abortions |
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Health
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When Jacinta Marete discovered that she was pregnant, she was in her first year in one of the public universities in the country. Having been among the chosen few who secure themselves a place in these institutions of higher learning, her dream of becoming a pharmacist was slowly shaping up. But this new developments, threatened to deal a hard blow to a dream she had nurtured for many years. Only 19 years old, she felt like her world had fallen apart. “I was shattered, I knew my parents would be disappointed and that my boyfriend wouldn’t take responsibility, I had to do something drastic,’’ she said solemnly. |
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Kenya to embrace a social protection strategy to cushion the poorest of the poor |
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Sustainable Development
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Still in its nascent stages, the Kenya National Social Protection Plan is an ambitious government project that proposes far-reaching policies and actions for the poor and vulnerable that will enhance their capacity to cope with poverty and equip them to better manage risks and shocks. The process begun in early 2007. |
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Journalists who covered post-election violence to undergo counseling |
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Health
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Journalists who covered and were psychologically affected by last year’s post election violence are now going to benefit from a trauma counseling programme that was launched last week. Organized by the Kenya Association of Photographers, Illustrators and Designers (KAPIDE) and Kenya Correspondents’ Association (KCA) and funded by International Media Support (IMS), the programme will provide trauma counseling to a total of 150 journalists. |
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Sleeping sickness makes a comeback in Uganda |
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Health
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 Sleeping sickness, a disease that was thought to have been wiped out in Uganda has started re-emerging at an alarming rate, sending panic with the Ugandan health sector and across the border. Caused by tse tse flies and rated as one of the neglected tropical ailments in the developing world, the disease is already spreading to new areas of Uganda where it was once eradicated. |
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Stigma among healthcare providers hurting HIV/AIDS patients |
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Health
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A new study released last week shows that 40 percent of health workers in public, private, faith based and non governmental health facilities exhibit stigma and discrimination tendencies against HIV Aids positive patients. Conducted between 2006 and 2007 in the country’s five provinces, the study reveals how government hospitals are operating without standard policy guidelines for People Living with HIV Aids (PLHIV), despite the policy documents lying at the Ministry of Health. |
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International Women's Day
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Mercy Moses is wandering the dusty roads of an estate on the edges of Eldoret. She’s fashionably dressed in a skirt, blouse, and long, white scarf. She greets friends in the road. Most are people she’s known for most of her 21 years. As she walks through her neighborhood, she points to houses that were abandoned during the post-election violence. She gestures toward hills that are scorched black by the fires that razed Kikuyu shambas to the ground. |
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Woman's spirit that defies the odds |
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International Women's Day
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 Giving birth to her first child was the most memorable moment in Tabitha Akinyi’s life. Despite her difficult pregnancy, the moment she held baby Musingo in her arms, she new she wanted to have a second child, maybe even more. Even though Akinyi’s dream of having another child is only two weeks away, the 24 year old says this is a pregnancy she wishes she had postponed. |
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