HIV/Aids
Top 10 Counties With Highest HIV Infection Rates In Kenya
The current shortage of condoms in Kenya is raising fears for a surge in HIV infections, which threatens to complicate the AIDS situation...
KALU MENGO2 Mins read
Campus Girls, Slay Queens Fear Pregnancy More Than HIV
The latest reports indicate that the spread of HIV has reduced since 2012. However, many girls, especially those in the cities and campuses...
DAN KUTIRI3 Mins read
Kenya produces first commercial ARVs
Kenyan Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Company Universal Corporation Ltd has produced the first commercial Antiretroviral (ARVs) that comply with strict standards put in place by...
Brenda Gamonde1 Mins read
Scientists discover new chlamydia treatment
Scientists have developed a type of gene therapy that can prevent and treat chlamydia, the most common sexually transmitted infection globally. The bacterial...
Brenda Gamonde1 Mins read
New technology to boost HIV/AIDS research in Kenya
HIV/AIDS research received a major boost on October 25 following the commissioning of the latest technology in blood sample collection in the country....
Samuel Gitonga1 Mins read
Kenyans to live 10.5 years longer by 2040, new study reveals
Life expectancy in Kenya is set to hit 73.9 years [67·2–78·1] by 2040, according to the latest study by the Institute for Health Metrics...
BT Reporter2 Mins read
Alarm over use of recycled condoms in Taita-Taveta
The Health department in Taita-Taveta County is alarmed following reports that a section of men in the mining zones might be exposing themselves...
KNA2 Mins read
First Lady pledges to eradicate new HIV infections
First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has pledged renewed zeal towards achieving zero new HIV infections in the next five years of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s...
CAPITAL FM3 Mins read
Gonorrhoea turning drug resistant, WHO warns
Gonorrhoea might be the next HIV/Aids-like pandemic, according to the World Health Organisation. Data from 77 countries show that antibiotic resistance is making...
FRANCIS MULI2 Mins read
