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Mercy Kahenda

Why Kenyan adolescents trust pastors more than doctors

In the study, scientists observed the need to improve the availability and quality of mental health services for adolescent

By Mercy Kahenda 1 day ago

Why Kenyan adolescents trust pastors more than doctors

Rabies: He was salivating, had fever, fear of water

Rabies: He was salivating, had fever, fear of water

By Mercy Kahenda 7 days ago

Visitors with Ebola symptoms to be isolated, say health officials

Visitors with Ebola symptoms to be isolated, say health officials

By Mercy Kahenda 10 days ago

Living to mark your 90th birthday

Living to mark your 90th birthday

By Mercy Kahenda 11 days ago

How to live, die in ripe old age

Well, it is possible, though uncommon. Take James Mburu Kinani. He is 90 but still drives along the Nakuru-Naivasha highway, his 82-year-old wife, Magdalene, in tow.

By Mercy Kahenda 15 days ago

How to live, die in ripe old age

We don't need more hospitals- health economist

Kenya can address 72 per cent of the current healthcare burden, while 18 per cent handled in the secondary and tertiary hospitals.

By Mercy Kahenda 18 days ago

We don't need more hospitals- health economist

Chlamydia causing infertility among young women

Most patients are diagnosed at an adverse stage “unlike gonorrhea when the pain comes it is severe and therefore easy to look for attention.”

By Mercy Kahenda 19 days ago

Chlamydia causing infertility among young women

Declining fertility among Kenyan young women: Here's why

The current fertility rate stands at 3.311 births per woman, a 1.55 percent decline from 2021.

By Mercy Kahenda 22 days ago

Declining fertility among Kenyan young women: Here's why

Covid-19 led to missed HIV, malaria diagnoses

Prof Thumbi Mwangi calls for the adoption of targeted interventions in future pandemics “without neglecting old ones…or disruption of services, exacerbating a health crisis.”

By Mercy Kahenda 26 days ago

Covid-19 led to missed HIV, malaria diagnoses

Why healthcare services will remain a costly affair for most Kenyans

National and county governments control about 33.6pc of health financing while insurance penetration stands at 20pc, with 80 percent of the Kenyans having no insurance cover.

By Mercy Kahenda 1 month ago

Why healthcare services will remain a costly affair for most Kenyans

Health crisis looming as donor funding taps gradually dry up

The USA, which supports HIV programmes through the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief’s (Pepfar), ended the support in 2019.

By Mercy Kahenda 1 month ago

Health crisis looming as donor funding taps gradually dry up

Vaccines, awareness among healthcare workers needed to stop rabies deaths

Rabies has been causing preventable deaths in rural Kenya due to lack of knowledge on its prevention and management, a new study says.

By Mercy Kahenda 1 month ago

Vaccines, awareness among healthcare workers needed to stop rabies deaths

Sh1 billion grant to fight Covid-19 through mobile vaccination drive

The support is the second grant offered to the facilities. In 2020, the hospitals received Sh720million for the purchase and distribution to the public health system of PPEs and testing kits.

By Mercy Kahenda 1 month ago

Sh1 billion grant to fight Covid-19 through mobile vaccination drive

Seven tech trends determining the future of jobs and business

If you pay attention to which direction the technological ship is sailing, it's clear that market disruptors will be tech-based industries.

By Mercy Kahenda 1 month ago

Seven tech trends determining the future of jobs and business

List: Number of MPs elected on ODM ticket so far

The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Party has already secured at least 22 National Assembly seats in the August 9, 2022 General Election.

By Mercy Kahenda 1 month ago

List: Number of MPs elected on ODM ticket so far

Suspend Joho, Junet's Twitter accounts, UDA asks NCIC

Joho and Junet had posted a video which had been manipulated to suggest Ruto was spreading hate.

By Mercy Kahenda 1 month ago

Suspend Joho, Junet's Twitter accounts, UDA asks NCIC

History, hope and elation as Tom Mboya becomes full university

Tom Mboya University College in Homa Bay town will be the first public university in the region.

By Mercy Kahenda 1 month ago

History, hope and elation as Tom Mboya becomes full university

Alarming rise in sexual violence, teen mothers in Kenya

Teenagers represent 21 per cent of ante-natal attendances and 53 per cent of all sexual gender-based violence cases.

By Mercy Kahenda 2 months ago

Alarming rise in sexual violence, teen mothers in Kenya

Mental health: Why visits to faith healers, witches will end

The common mental illnesses in Kenya according to the Mental Health Taskforce established by President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2019 include; depression and suicide, substance use disorder

By Mercy Kahenda 2 months ago

Mental health: Why visits to faith healers, witches will end

Beware of enlarged testicles, blood in scrotum

Triggers of infertility in women may include infections, fibroids, and congenital malformation of the fallopian tubes and the uterus.

By Mercy Kahenda 2 months ago

Beware of enlarged testicles, blood in scrotum

President has done well in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic

Vaccine uptake changed after Uhuru led by example in the vaccination drive.He allocated more resources to fighting Covid, including strengthening healthcare.

By Mercy Kahenda 2 months ago

President has done well in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic

Lamu: Where phone notifies you of birth dates and polio jabs

Women in Lamu County have adopted mobile phone technology in maternal, newborn, and child health programmes.

By Mercy Kahenda 2 months ago

Lamu: Where phone notifies you of birth dates and polio jabs

Cure or poison? Experts poke holes on Raila, Ruto pledges on health

Economist Kamau says says none of the candidates has explained their health allocation and implementation plans. Iraki says UHC is a great idea but questions the source of funding.

By Mercy Kahenda 2 months ago

Cure or poison? Experts poke holes on Raila, Ruto pledges on health

NHIF holders to access mental healthcare in enhanced benefits

Fighting mental health illnesses was enhanced after President Uhuru Kenyatta assented the Mental Health Bill, 2020 into law.

By Mercy Kahenda 2 months ago

NHIF holders to access mental healthcare in enhanced benefits

NHIF members can now access enhanced prostate cancer drug

Ministry data shows prostate cancer accounts for 17.3 per cent of all male cancers.

By Mercy Kahenda 2 months ago

NHIF members can now access enhanced prostate cancer drug

Newborns at risk as shortage of the rotavirus vaccine is felt in various clinics

Rotavirus vaccine supplies have been supported by Global Alliance for Vaccines since 2007.

By Mercy Kahenda 3 months ago

Newborns at risk as shortage of the rotavirus vaccine is felt in various clinics

UN agencies give Sh80m to support children's health, education

So far, 8,264 children have been registered to benefit from the programme, whose piloting will end in December.

By Mercy Kahenda 3 months ago

UN agencies give Sh80m to support children's health, education

Brace for rise in flu infections among children, Ministry of Health warns

Health data indicates that Kenya experiences two influenza peaks each year.

By Mercy Kahenda 3 months ago

Brace for rise in flu infections among children, Ministry of Health warns

Kenyans return to wearing of face masks amid rising Covid-19 cases

The public urged to continue to adhere to containment measures. At least 8,578,026 people have been fully vaccinated.

By Mercy Kahenda 3 months ago

Kenyans return to wearing of face masks amid rising Covid-19 cases

Women suffer less Election Stress Disorder

Election Stress Disorder is characterised by fatigue, headaches, joint pains, intestinal and neck problems, numbness, insomnia, lack of appetite and psychosomatic illnesses.

By Mercy Kahenda 3 months ago

Women suffer less Election Stress Disorder

Country's Covid-19 cases on the rise as testing capacity drops

Country is yet to attain the optimal testing capacity of 7,000 tests a day.

By Mercy Kahenda 3 months ago

Country's Covid-19 cases on the rise as testing capacity drops

Donate blood to save lives, head of transfusion body urges Kenyans

The Kenya National Blood Transfusion and Transplant Services is targeting at least 400,000 units. Kenya requires a minimum of 500,000 units annually.

By Mercy Kahenda 3 months ago

Donate blood to save lives, head of transfusion body urges Kenyans

Elections: Politicians get so stressed, even suicidal

Health experts have warned that a majority of politicians are likely to suffer from election stress disorder, as we approach the general election.

By Mercy Kahenda 3 months ago

Elections: Politicians get so stressed, even suicidal

Covid-19: State says no restrictions to be imposed despite rising cases

Health CS Mutahi Kagwe announced the relaxation of containment measures in March. On Saturday, the Health ministry announced the highest positivity rate of 9.9 per cent.

By Mercy Kahenda 3 months ago

Covid-19: State says no restrictions to be imposed despite rising cases

Ministry told to help boost uptake of Covid vaccine as cases increase

Kenya has at least 143 distinct SARS-CoV-2 lineages, with omicron being the most dominant variant.

By Mercy Kahenda 3 months ago

Ministry told to help boost uptake of Covid vaccine as cases increase

Face masks a must during fete at Uhuru Gardens, State cautions

Over the weekend, Covid-19 positivity rate rose to 5.6 per cent, the highest in the last three months.

By Mercy Kahenda 3 months ago

Face masks a must during fete at Uhuru Gardens, State cautions

Lack of data on rock pythons was the terminal heartbreaker

Prof Matilu Mwau's study on human cardiovascular system using the African Rock Python was dropped due to lack of data on the number of African Rock Pythons in Kenya.

By Mercy Kahenda 4 months ago

Lack of data on rock pythons was the terminal heartbreaker

My daughter was convulsing, the dispensary had been closed

When Everlyn Akinyi Onyango’s three-year-old daughter became feverish and started convulsing one night, she feared for the worst as the nearest dispensary had been closed.

By Mercy Kahenda 4 months ago

My daughter was convulsing, the dispensary had been closed

Divorce and Christianity: Should we pull asunder what God has joined?

Divorce in church, it appears, carries with it a heavier burden.

By Mercy Kahenda 4 months ago

Divorce and Christianity: Should we pull asunder what God has joined?

Vaccine delivers hope for families hit by malaria

Malaria vaccination is being undertaken in Homa Bay town, Ndiwa and Kabondo Kasipul. The children present with high fever, vomiting and respiratory distress.

By Mercy Kahenda 4 months ago

Vaccine delivers hope for families hit by malaria

Covid-19 cases rising, virus 'not over yet', experts warn

The Ministry of Health has raised concerns over that false perception which has drastically slowed the uptake of Covid-19 the jab, with at least 10 million doses still unused.

By Mercy Kahenda 4 months ago

Covid-19 cases rising, virus 'not over yet', experts warn

Without a fridge? Just store insulin in a clay pot

Insulin is an important drug in the management of glucose levels among diabetes patients. But to be effective, it requires proper storage. It can also turn toxic with improper storage.

By Mercy Kahenda 4 months ago

Without a fridge? Just store insulin in a clay pot

'It haunts me many girls I 'cut' bled to death at birth'

For most girls, FGM signals the end of formal schooling and the advent of early pregnancies.

By Mercy Kahenda 5 months ago

'It haunts me many girls I 'cut' bled to death at birth'

Feeding on sweet potatoes morning, noon and night

The orange-fleshed sweet potato is grown via irrigation leaving her with surplus to sell for income generation.

By Mercy Kahenda 5 months ago

Feeding on sweet potatoes morning, noon and night

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