Factbox: Most children in orphanages are not orphans

By Reuters,

Millions of children around the world live in orphanages, but child rights experts say most are not orphans. Orphanages have become a lucrative bus...

Cambodia , Forget Me Not , Haiti , Lumos , Nepal , Orphanages , orphans , uganda

More women in poor countries use contraception, says report

By VOA,

More women and girls in poor countries are using modern contraception, signifying progress in efforts to involve women in family planning, according t...

Contraception use , contraceptives , Poor countries

Teen pregnancy: Teachers, relatives blamed

By Citizen Reporter,

The high number of pregnant KCPE and KCSE exam candidates is now pointing to a festering crisis. The trends show most of the cases are in rural are...

pregnant

How the UK plans to help its citizens live 5 years longer

By CNN,

People will need to take greater responsibility for their own health- staying active, quitting smoking and limiting alcohol, sugar and fat - to protec...

Dr. Andrew Goddard , Matt Hancock , obesity , Prime Minister Theresa May , smoking , Steve Brine

Waiting a year between pregnancies lowers health risks, study says

By CNN,

Women and their babies face health risks when there's less than 12 months between the birth of one child and the conception of the next, according to ...

health risks , Mortality rate , pregnancy

Pastor demands couple undergo three HIV tests on wedding day, and still cancelled it

By Evans Asiba,

A local pastor who declined to officiate a wedding ceremony in Bahati area, Nakuru County on Saturday has defended himself saying the couple did not m...

Apostle Jesse Karanja , izpah House of Prayer Church , Kenya Industrial Training Institute , Nakuru County , wedding

Students expelled from school after failing mandatory pregnancy tests

By CNN,

It happens twice a year at Arusha Secondary School. Each one of the school's 800 female students is accompanied into a toilet and told to pee in a jar...

Arusha Tanzania Schools , Expelled from school , Pregnancy tests

More than 90% of world’s children breathe toxic air, report says

By CNN,

Around 93% of the world's children under 15 years of age breathe air that is so polluted it puts their health and development at serious risk, account...

Geneva , India , who

Rubella is eliminated in Australia as the disease prompts a travel warning for Japan

By CNN,

Australia has eliminated rubella, a disease also known as German measles that's already been eliminated in the Americas and across much of Europe, the...

Australia , Global Vaccine Action Plan , Rubella , world health organization

More than 90% of world’s children breathe polluted air, report says, as India prepares for most polluted season

By CNN,

Around 93% of the world's children under 15 years of age breathe air that is so polluted it puts their health and development at serious risk, account...

Dr. Maria Neira , first global conference on air pollution and health in Geneva , India , WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus , world health organization

Why the world is so keen on Harry and Meghan first child

By CNN,

Kensington Palace announced that Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who have just embarked on a tour of Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New ...

Meghan Markle. , Prince Harry

They failed mandatory pregnancy tests at school. Then they were expelled.

By CNN,

It happens twice a year at Arusha Secondary School. Each one of the school's 800 female students is accompanied into a toilet and told to pee in a jar...

Arusha Secondary School , pregnancy , President John \pombe Magufuli

Governor Obado aide Oyamo handed Sharon to her killers, court told

By Dzuya Walter,

The prosecution on Wednesday told the court that Migori Governor Okoth Obado’s personal assistant, Michael Oyamo played a key role in the planning ...

Governor Obado , Michael Oyamo , Sharon Otieno murder

Charity denies promoting teen abortions after Kenya bans radio ad

By Reuters,

International charity Marie Stopes on Monday denied promoting abortions to teenage girls in Kenya after the government banned a radio advertisement, s...

KFCB , Marie Stopes Charity , Teen Abortions , Unsafe Abortions

Migori Governor PA Oyamo now at Kisumu DCI as tension heightens

By Aly Abich,

Michael Oyamo, the personal assistant to Migori Governor Okoth Obado, is currently being held at the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) offic...

Michael Oyamo , Migori , Okoth Obado

Women Rep Ngirici launches Boy and Girl child support programme

By Citizen Reporter,

Kirinyaga Woman Representative Purity Ngirici has launched a countywide campaign aimed at offering apt support to boys and girls in the county. Spe...

Study to pay people Ksh. 30,000 to eat avocados daily for six months

By CNN,

If you're the kind of person who'll willingly pay extra for guacamole and thinks avocados are life, four universities are looking for you. Research...

avocados , Export of avocados banned in Kenya

Mom charged after drugs in breast milk killed baby, prosecutors say

By CNN,

In Bucks County, Pennsylvania, prosecutors are arguing that 30-year-old Samantha Jones killed her 11-week-old son, R.J., by breastfeeding while using ...

Serena Williams in Ksh.50K tutu skirt for tournament after catsuit row

By CNN,

Tennis outfits for Serena Williams are often the talk of the town, and she set New York tongues wagging with her latest creation in a routine opening ...

Serena Williams

Why some eczema patients fear using steroid creams

By Reuters,

Many people with eczema, a common skin disease, may avoid creams and ointments that can help ease symptoms like itching and inflammation. This is b...

eczema , steroid creams