First Lady Margaret Kenyatta wins prestigious Eastern Africa award

By PSCU,

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has been awarded the prestigious Eastern Africa Lifetime Achievement Award for her relentless efforts to stop preventable...

beyond zero , Margaret Kenyatta

Wilder draws with Fury to retain WBC heavyweight title

By Reuters,

American Deontay Wilder retained his WBC heavyweight title after a thrilling split decision draw with Britain’s Tyson Fury at Staples Center in Los ...

Deontay Wilder , Tyson Fury

Bizarre things your body might do during pregnancy

By CNN,

You're glowing from the news: A baby is growing inside of you. But as your belly swells, so does the list of bizarre things your body could suddenly d...

Body changes during pregnancy , hormones , pregnancy , Stretch marks

C-section births rise rapidly to more than 20 percent worldwide

By Reuters,

Rates of caesarean section births almost doubled between 2000 and 2015 – from 12 to 21 percent worldwide - new research has found. The life-savin...

C-section

France’s Safran aims to topple U.S. rival as no.1 aerospace supplier

By Reuters,

Safran unveiled ambitions to become the world’s leading aerospace supplier in 15 years, overtaking United Technologies, as it pledged a research and...

Aerospace , Safran

Movie mafia: The acting agency where ex-mobsters seek redemption

By CNN,

Ryuichi Baba's face contorts in pain as he falls down dead. But instead of hitting the cold concrete floor, he thuds onto a soft mattress. Momen...

JAPAN , Mobsters , National Police Agency , Ryuichi Baba , So Kuramoto , Takakura-gumi acting agency

Woman, 43, arrested for allegedly dumping newborn in pit latrine

By Johnson Muriithi,

A 43-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly killing her newborn baby by throwing him into a pit latrine in Kirinyaga. Ngugu-ini Assistant ...

Pit latrine

Study on how to soothe babies when in distress

By Reuters,

When getting their infants vaccinated, mothers were more likely to use proven techniques to ease babies’ pain, if they had been taught on how to do ...

Anna Taddio , Hospital for Sick Children

Malawi nurse suspended over selfie in labor ward

By CNN,

A nurse in Malawi has been suspended after her selfie in a labor ward showing a naked pregnant woman in the background surfaced online. Patricia Ma...

Malawi

Congo health workers face violence as Ebola virus spreads

By CNN,

The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to rise as violence hampers health workers' efforts to battle the...

Ebola outbreak in DRC , Ebola virus

Nurse suspended over selfie in labour ward

By Reuters,

A nurse in Malawi has been suspended after her selfie in a labour ward showing a naked pregnant woman in the background surfaced online. Patricia M...

Blantyre city , Malango , Ndirande Health Center , Patricia Malichi

KCSE candidate collapses, dies after exam

By Aly Abich,

A candidate who was sitting this year's Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam collapsed and died on Tuesday in Homa Bay County. Todd...

Indonesia says situation facing crew of doomed Lion Air jet not in flight manual

By Reuters,

Indonesian investigators said on Monday more training was needed for Boeing 737 MAX pilots after discovering the situation believed to have faced the ...

Boeing 737 MAX 8 , Indonesia , Java Sea , U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Melinda Gates urges backing for ‘human capital’ of mother and child health

By Reuters,

Millions of women and babies could avoid untimely deaths if international donors step up to replenish a global health fund so it can expand to 50 coun...

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , Global Financing Facility (GFF) , Melinda Gates , World Bank

Gov’t alarmed by high rate of teenage pregnancies in primary schools

By Wycliffe Nyamasege,

Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed has ordered investigations into the high cases of teenage pregnancies witnessed across the country during t...

Amb amina mohamed , KCPE 2018 , Ministry of Education , teenage pregnancies

KCPE candidate names newborn baby after Education CS Amina Mohamed

By Bernard Rotich,

A 15-year-old girl from Kericho County on Tuesday gave birth shortly before beginning her Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination a...

Education CS Amina Mohamed , kcpe , Kericho county , Kericho Nursing Home

Doomed Indonesian plane with 189 on board had asked to return to base

By Reuters,

An Indonesian aircraft with 189 people on board crashed into the sea on Monday as it tried to circle back to the capital, Jakarta, from where it had t...

Lion Air flight JT610 , Pangkal Pinang

Indonesian plane with 189 aboard crashes into sea near Jakarta

By Reuters,

An aircraft with 189 people on board is believed to have sunk after crashing into the sea off Indonesia's island of Java on Monday, shortly after take...

Indonesian plane , Lion Air flight

Kenyan hospitals ‘detain patients using armed guards, chains’ over unpaid bills

By VOA,

Doctors at Nairobi's Kenyatta National Hospital have told Robert Wanyonyi there's nothing more they can do for him. Yet more than a year after he f...

Kenyan hospitals , Kenyatta National Hospital , Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital , Pumwani

Woman abandoned by husband, family after delivering triplets in Isiolo

By Citizen Reporter,

By Moses Mwenda A 38-year-old woman has been abandoned by her family at a hospital in Isiolo County after giving birth to triplets. Elizabeth K...

Isiolo County , triplets