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Zambia reports first polio case in 24yrs after vaccination gone wrong
By Imani Mitchelle,
1108, October 25, 2019 (EAT)
Zambia has reported its first local case of polio since 1995. A 2 year old boy was paralyzed by a virus derived from the vaccine, VOA reported on W...
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Seven Kavonokia sect members arrested, claim census is satanic
By Wangui Ngechu,
910, August 29, 2019 (EAT)
Seven members of the Kavonokia sect were on Wednesday night arrested in Tharaka Nithi for refusing to give information to enumerators. According to...
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Man, wife arrested for beating up census team in Kisumu
By Allan Obiero,
1125, August 26, 2019 (EAT)
A man and his wife are being held at Kisumu Central Police Station after attacking a chief and village elder who had accompanied census officers at th...
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WHO panel decides not to declare international Ebola emergency
By Reuters,
1944, June 16, 2019 (EAT)
A World Health Organization panel decided on Friday not to declare an international emergency over Congo’s Ebola outbreak despite its spread to Ugan...
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WHO says Ebola outbreak not yet global emergency
By VOA,
1027, June 15, 2019 (EAT)
The World Health Organization decided on Friday not to declare an international public health emergency over the Ebola outbreak, despite its recent sp...
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WHO counts down Africa polio clock despite fears of new outbreak
By Reuters,
910, May 29, 2019 (EAT)
Africa could be declared free of endemic “wild” polio early next year if a strain last seen in Nigeria almost three years ago does not resurface, ...
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Malawi becomes 1st nation to immunize kids against malaria
By VOA,
2036, April 24, 2019 (EAT)
The World Health Organization says Malawi has become the first country to begin immunizing children against malaria, using the only licensed vaccine t...
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Ebola spread concentrated in Congo, not a wider emergency: WHO
By Reuters,
1050, April 13, 2019 (EAT)
An outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that has killed more than 700 people and is continuing to spread does not constitute an...
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India, Southeast Asia to mark five years of being polio-free
By VOA,
2100, March 25, 2019 (EAT)
The World Health Organization says that on March 27, India's 1.3 billion people and the entire WHO Southeast Asia region will celebrate five years of ...
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From flying toilets to ‘froggers’ – Kenya struggles with slum waste
By Reuters,
1225, March 9, 2019 (EAT)
Most of Patrick ‘Moreno’ Osunda’s neighbours curse when the rains make the latrines overflow. For him, it’s the smell of money. Osunda is...
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China: Tests of possibly tainted medical product show no HIV
By Reuters,
1139, February 8, 2019 (EAT)
China is investigating a manufacturer of medical products following reports that it sold human immunoglobulin for intravenous injection that had possi...
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Chinese police begin new probe into expired polio vaccines
By Reuters,
943, January 15, 2019 (EAT)
Police in China’s eastern province of Jiangsu have begun an investigation after at least 145 children received expired polio vaccines, the Global Ti...
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145 babies given expired polio vaccine as concerns surge over made-in-China products
By Agencies,
1014, January 11, 2019 (EAT)
More than 100 children were given an expired polio vaccine in China, reports from State media said. According to South China Morning Post, 145 babi...
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WHO says spread of polio remains international health emergency
By Reuters,
1600, December 1, 2018 (EAT)
The spread of polio must still be classified as a public health emergency because, while progress has been made towards wiping out the disease, that p...
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Ministry of Health dispels claims, says polio vaccine is safe
By Citizen Reporter,
1423, November 3, 2018 (EAT)
The Ministry of Health has dispelled reports that two children developed skin lesions after being administered the polio vaccine. In a statement to...
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Kavonokia, Akorino sect members in jail for resisting polio vaccine
By Nancy Chepkoech,
1308, August 7, 2018 (EAT)
Three Kavonokia and Akorino sect members were on Monday arrested after they blocked public health officials from administering the polio vaccine on th...
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Anxiety as Nairobi polio vaccine triggers worrying symptoms
By Citizen Reporter,
1210, July 19, 2018 (EAT)
By Irene Kabithi Mothers whose children were given the new upgraded polio vaccine are still pouring their worries on social media, some saying the ...
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WHO preparing for worst-case Ebola scenario
By CNN,
1142, May 12, 2018 (EAT)
The World Health Organization is preparing for the "worst-case scenario" as it continues to respond to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic o...
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Nairobi on high alert as new polio virus is discovered in Eastleigh
By Mercy Kandie,
2119, May 9, 2018 (EAT)
Nairobi has been put on high alert following the discovery of a new strain of polio. The Ministry of Health now says it is putting all its resource...
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Nairobi polio campaign targets 800,000 children
By Abednego Tendu,
1206, May 8, 2018 (EAT)
The Government will from Wednesday conduct a polio immunization campaign in different parts of Nairobi. It is a supplementary move aimed at boosti...
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