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Daily Nation's Health and science pull out

 Nairobi, Kenya
Joined November 2016
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Angela Musyoka turned blind in her early thirties at a time she thought she was in perfect health. Catch her story and much more in tomorrow's #HealthyNation pullout. Free with your #DailyNation every Tuesday. epaper.nation.africa/ke
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New six-in-one vaccine approved for addition to immunisation programmes #HealthyNation nation.africa/kenya/health/n…
New six-in-one vaccine approved for addition to immunisation programmes

New six-in-one vaccine approved for addition to immunisation programmes

If the government approves the new programme, the vaccine will be given to children to protect them against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis.

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New six-in-one vaccine approved for addition to immunisation programmes #HealthyNation nation.africa/kenya/health/n…
New six-in-one vaccine approved for addition to immunisation programmes

New six-in-one vaccine approved for addition to immunisation programmes

If the government approves the new programme, the vaccine will be given to children to protect them against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis.

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In Kenya 64.7 per cent (8.1 million) of households still use wood as their primary cooking fuel, followed by cooking gas at 19 per cent (2.4 million) and charcoal at 10 per cent (1.3 million). #HealthyNation nation.africa/kenya/health/h…
How clean energy drive will affect your finances

How clean energy drive will affect your finances

Escalating electricity cost has become the biggest pain point for Kenyan households.

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Africa is so far one of the most affected continents by the impacts of climate change ranging from prolonged droughts that lead to failed seasons and death of domestic animals, thereby denying locals their livelihoods. #NationClimate nation.africa/kenya/health/t…
Talks focus on compensation for climate disaster victims

Talks focus on compensation for climate disaster victims

Negotiators from all over the world recently held discussions seeking to find a way through which communities that have suffered climate-induced losses and damages are compensated

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Ethical, legal concerns emerge as scientists create artificial human embryos #HealthyNation nation.africa/kenya/health/e…
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While anti-poaching efforts have curbed illegal activities targeting rhinos and elephants, global warming poses a substantial threat to animals, Acting Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) Director-General Erustus Kanga said. #NationClimate nation.africa/kenya/health/c…
Climate change is the worst threat to wildlife, KWS says

Climate change is the worst threat to wildlife, KWS says

Kenya lost close to 300 elephants during the just-ended drought.

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Sickle cell is an inherited disease and thus there are social, cultural and health care issues involved. There are people who are carriers but don’t have the disease. #HealthyNation nation.africa/kenya/health/i…
Is Kenya on the right track in war against sickle cell disease?

Is Kenya on the right track in war against sickle cell disease?

Despite having made progress in the fight against Sickle Cell Disease, Kenya is still listed among countries that are high burdened

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Experts are banking on the cultivation of fruit trees to reverse the trend and increase tree cover in the region that has borne the brunt of the changing climatic conditions and unpredictable weather patterns. #NationClimate nation.africa/kenya/health/s…
Scientists, farmers use fruit trees to reduce greenhouse gases

Scientists, farmers use fruit trees to reduce greenhouse gases

Efforts to increase tree cover in a region that has borne the brunt of the changing climatic conditions and unpredictable weather patterns

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“My twins are doing well thanks to the lifesaving donated milk Pumwani doctors provided. I explained to their father, he agreed after he learnt that the milk has no side-effects whatsoever,” she says as she watches them drink the milk away. #HealthyNation nation.africa/kenya/health/h…

How breast milk donors are saving lives of preterm babies

The lives of close to one thousand preterm babies have been saved in just three years by a noble group of women in the outskirts of the city who are building a breast milk bank

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Ayeema started her period when she was 15. For the next decade, she had a fairly normal flow but at 25, her periods became lighter and irregular until they altogether disappeared. It had been over a year since she had last bled. #HealthyNation nation.africa/kenya/health/w…
When menopause comes too early

When menopause comes too early

Ayeema started her periods when she was 15. At 25, they became lighter and irregular until they altogether disappeared

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The main focus for the next five years will be climate change mitigation and adaptation, with a clear emphasis on green energy, water resource management and unexploited opportunities brought by climate change. #NationClimate nation.africa/kenya/health/n…

Nyandarua County moves to climate-proof itself

The devolved unit will spend Sh2.4 billion to implement the Nyandarua Climate Change Action Plan in the next five years

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@NationAfrica26 Jun 2023
Ahead of this year’s #WorldBreastfeedingWeek, we introduce you to the breast milk donors of Pumwani in tomorrow's #HealthyNation pullout. Free with your #DailyNation every Tuesday. @LeonLidigu
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Ms Nakhumicha, a procurement expert, asked Kenyans to pray for her, noting that she had been "stirring the pot" in a dangerous area controlled by powerful cartels. #HealthyNation nation.africa/kenya/health/p…
Please pray for me: CS Nakhumicha appeals over Kemsa, NHIF cleanup

Please pray for me: CS Nakhumicha appeals over Kemsa, NHIF cleanup

Health minister admits there are strong cartels at Kemsa, NHIF and the MoH.

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As a woman, Nancy believes that the diversity agenda cannot be ignored because, at the moment, only two percent of the workforce in the maritime industry is female. #NationClimate nation.africa/kenya/health/m…
Meet Kenyan who wants to lead global maritime agency

Meet Kenyan who wants to lead global maritime agency

Ambassador Nancy Karigithu currently serves as special envoy and presidential advisor on maritime affairs and the blue economy

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“What criteria did they use to pay the hospitals, why didn't they pay hospitals with less before paying such a huge claim to a single hospital?” asked a hospital manager who sought anonymity. #HealthyNation nation.africa/kenya/health/p…
Pain as hospitals await payments from NHIF

Pain as hospitals await payments from NHIF

Some hospitals' claims range from Sh1 million to Sh5 million but they are yet to be paid while a single hospital was paid Sh682 million.

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During this period, more than one million animals - 400,000 heads of cattle and 700,000 goats and sheep – died of hunger. Some 400,000 households were pushed into dependence on food aid in order to survive. #NationClimate nation.africa/kenya/health/d…

Drought Diaries: Survivor tales from the dry lands of Kajiado

Pastoralists lost more than one million animals between 2020-2022, and pangs of hunger are pushing thousands of homesteads into dependence on food aid in this wasteland caught in the middle of a...

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Before the drought hit hard, I had 30 cows and more than 200 goats and sheep. Most of them were wiped away by drought, and I sold the skinny ones at a throwaway price to provide food for my family. #NationClimate nation.africa/kenya/health/-…
'I watched helplessly as all my livestock died'

'I watched helplessly as all my livestock died'

Last year in October, the government announced that drought had decimated Kenya’s livestock, killing 2.5 million cattle in arid and semi-arid areas

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“The Ministry of Health is formulating a mental health policy to tackle concerns arising from drug and alcohol addiction. Alcohol and substance use have significant social and economic consequences beyond just health.” #HealthyNation nation.africa/kenya/health/d…

Data collection on mental health, addiction to begin next month

100,000 community health promoters deployed across the country to collect the data

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Where wetlands previously were, modern, high-rise office and residential buildings have taken over as urbanisation eats nature's lunch. #HealthyNation nation.africa/kenya/health/w…
Why Kisumu residents fall victim to perennial floods

Why Kisumu residents fall victim to perennial floods

Ecosystems have been invaded by private developers in scramble for construction space, preventing wetlands from performing their natural function well

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