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Number of Ebola orphans spikes as epidemic spreads in eastern DRC
By VOA,
1042, August 16, 2019 (EAT)
The U.N. children's fund reports the number of children orphaned by Ebola or separated from their parents because of the disease in eastern Democratic...
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Child soldiers and deaths surge in Mali as violence worsens
By Reuters,
740, August 15, 2019 (EAT)
The number of children forced to join armed groups in Mali has doubled since last year amid worsening jihadist and ethnic violence, the United Nations...
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Pumwani Hospital’s breast milk bank offers life-sustaining feed for babies
By VOA,
1315, August 8, 2019 (EAT)
Medical experts in Kenya are banking on human breast milk to save the lives of newborn babies. Nairobi's Pumwani Maternity Hospital has set up East...
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Philippines rejects dengue vaccine as outbreak leaves hundreds dead
By VOA,
2101, August 6, 2019 (EAT)
The Philippines stood firm Tuesday on its ban on the world's first dengue vaccine while declaring a nationwide epidemic from the mosquito-borne diseas...
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UN Report: Conflicts kill and hurt a record 12,000 children
By VOA,
850, July 30, 2019 (EAT)
More than 12,000 children were killed and injured in armed conflicts last year - a record number - with Afghanistan, the Palestinians, Syria and Yemen...
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The wildcat gold miners who get rich sick in Ghana
By Reuters,
1403, July 25, 2019 (EAT)
A few years after coming as a teenager to this town in Ghana to prospect for gold, Yaw Ngoha had made enough cash to marry his sweetheart and build a ...
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Bodies of two pupils retrieved from river in Migori
By George Juma,
1902, July 11, 2019 (EAT)
Two pupils at Tagare Primary School in Kuria West Sub-county, Migori County were found dead in River Tagare on Wednesday evening. Confirming the in...
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Two perish in a grisly road accident in Murang’a
By Victor Kinuthia,
1718, June 29, 2019 (EAT)
Two people have been confirmed dead after the car they were driving in collided head on with a public service vehicle at Maragua in Murang'a county. ...
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Photo of drowned migrant triggers fight over Trump asylum clampdown
By Reuters,
1915, June 27, 2019 (EAT)
A harrowing photo of a Salvadoran migrant and his young daughter who drowned in the Rio Grande at the U.S.-Mexico border became the focus on Wednesday...
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Shocking image of drowned man, daughter underscores crisis at US-Mexico border
By CNN,
1315, June 26, 2019 (EAT)
The photo is haunting, a vivid reminder of the danger many face when they try to cross into the United States. It shows the human toll of a crisis...
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Seven migrant deaths reported in ‘extreme heat’ at U.S. border
By Reuters,
2203, June 25, 2019 (EAT)
Authorities in Texas reported seven migrant deaths on Monday, including those of a woman, two babies and a toddler, showing the danger of extreme summ...
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They tried to use rape to silence women protesters. It didn’t work
By CNN,
1251, June 19, 2019 (EAT)
Weeks into the protests that would eventually topple Sudan's dictator, the government realized it had an unprecedented problem on its hands: the numbe...
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Court rules abortion illegal in Kenya, reinstates guidelines on safe abortion
By Raquel Muigai,
2129, June 12, 2019 (EAT)
The High Court has reinstated guidelines in reducing deaths from unsafe abortions even as it ruled that abortion remains illegal in Kenya. This fol...
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Congo declares measles epidemic after it kills more than Ebola
By Reuters,
1136, June 12, 2019 (EAT)
Congo's government has declared an epidemic of measles, which the latest health ministry figures show has now killed at least 1,500 people, over a hun...
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WHO: One million STI cases diagnosed every day
By VOA,
924, June 12, 2019 (EAT)
More than 1 million people across the world are diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections (STI) every day, the World Health Organization said. ...
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High alert as Uganda confirms first case of Ebola – WHO
By VOA,
917, June 12, 2019 (EAT)
A child in Uganda has tested positive for Ebola in the first cross-border case of the deadly virus since an outbreak started in neighboring Congo last...
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WHO: 1 million STD cases diagnosed every day
By VOA,
944, June 8, 2019 (EAT)
More than 1 million people across the world are diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections (STI) every day, the World Health Organization said. ...
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What’s behind the logjam in Mount Everest’s ‘death zone’?
By CNN,
2113, May 28, 2019 (EAT)
The photo says it all: A queue of what looks like more than 100 bundled-up climbers lining the top ridge of Mount Everest like a human mohawk, each ...
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Health Associated Infections: Why hospitals could make you sicker
By Citizen Reporter,
1004, May 14, 2019 (EAT)
Medics could be skilled but if their tools are contaminated, the danger of leaving the hospital in a worse state become a real possibility and there...
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From gang members in Korogocho slums to green spaces
By Reuters,
1342, May 11, 2019 (EAT)
As a young man, Moses Muchina used to rob people who were unlucky enough to have to cross through Korogocho slums after dark. Until a few years ago...
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