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Kenya will become the 16th African nation to roll out a free cervical cancer vaccine for 10-year-old schoolgirls. www.businesstoday.co.ke
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Kenyan Schoolgirls to Benefit From Free Cervical Cancer Vaccine

Over 800,000 schoolgirls will on Friday benefit from a free cervical cancer vaccine funded by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI)....

A mother holds her child during the launch of the malaria vaccine phased roll out in Homa Bay County. www.businesstoday.co.ke
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Sense of Relief as Families Embrace Malaria Vaccine Roll Out

Evidence and experience from the phased introduction will inform WHO policy recommendations on the broader use of the RTS,S malaria vaccine in sub-Saharan...

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WHO strongly recommends dolutegravir (DTG) for HIV treatment

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended the use of the HIV drug dolutegravir (DTG) as the preferred first-line and second-line treatment for...

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Healthy lifestyle lowers dementia risk, WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its first-ever guidelines on how people can reduce the risk of dementia. The new guidelines advice...

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15,000 Kenyans die every year from using traditional fuels

Government is planning to reduce cost of LPG (gas) to reduce the number of these deaths

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Doctors trained to shore up worrying cancer specialist numbers

Ratio of cancer specialists to population ratio in Kenya is higher than the WHO recommended figure