HEALTH

Midwife shortage impacting maternal, newborn mortality - UNFPA representative

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Oladije said midwives deliver more than just babies and play an important role in promoting the well-being of communities.

By STEPHEN NZIOKA | 27m ago

Midwife shortage impacting maternal, newborn mortality - UNFPA representative

As schools reopen, just know Covid-19 is now airborne

HEALTH & SCIENCE

The risk of transmission is within three to six feet from an infectious person or source.

By BELDEEN WALIAULA | 3h ago

As schools reopen, just know Covid-19 is now airborne

India… Covi-19 requires global efforts

HEALTH & SCIENCE

The minister says there are various factors and reasons serious and severe as it is and global pandemic requires global efforts.

By STANDARD REPORTER | 1d ago

Covid-19: Kenya records 356 new cases

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By FREDRICK KAGONYE | 15h ago

Hospital conducts targeted cervical cancer treatment

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By MERCY KAHENDA | 2d ago

Divorce leads to depression, hypertension, insomnia

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Divorce leads to depression, hypertension, insomnia

Mental pain is the same for all, but the rich can afford psychosocial services to heal from the trauma- Dr Michael Mbiriri

By SAADA HASSAN | 2d ago

Schools were wrong, paraffin increases libido in teens

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Schools were wrong, paraffin increases libido in teens

Research negates belief that paraffin used in boarding school meals helps in taming high sex drive among students.

By MERCY KAHENDA | 2d ago

Just so you know, detaining patients over bills is illegal

HEALTH & SCIENCE

By MERCY KAHENDA | 2d ago

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NUTRITION & WELLNESS

We are financially malnourished, cry nutritionists

By CHEBET BIRIR | 1w ago

We are financially malnourished, cry nutritionists

Drugs residue in livestock products high

By ANTONY GITONGA | 2w ago

Drugs residue in livestock products high

That green sukuma wiki could be from ‘sewer shamba’

By AYOKI ONYANGO | 2w ago

That green sukuma wiki could be from ‘sewer shamba’

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REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Circumcision in younger boys causing fistula

Medics say younger boys are more vulnerable due to their immature genitalia and skin and could affect future sex and reproductive function.

By GATONYE GATHURA | 1mo ago

Circumcision in younger boys causing fistula

Kenya’s adolescents lag behind as contraceptive use increases

By BELDEEN WALIAULA AND MERCY ADHIAMBO | 3mos ago

Kenya’s adolescents lag behind as contraceptive use increases

Poor girls sell sex to get money for sanitary products

By KIRSTEN KANJA | 5mos ago

Poor girls sell sex to get money for sanitary products

The toughest 9 months: I was pregnant with cancer

By JECKONIA OTIENO | 5mos ago

The toughest 9 months: I was pregnant with cancer

Pregnant women face corona in open wards

By MERCY KAHENDA | 6mos ago

Pregnant women face corona in open wards

Why two or three years between births is recommended

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Why two or three years between births is recommended

Ask a doc

By GRAHAM KAJILWA | 6mos ago

Less sex linked to premature menopause

Less sex linked to premature menopause

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

By NANCY NZALAMBI | 6mos ago

We need law to guard teen health - experts

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

By JECKONIA OTIENO | 6mos ago

No more shame for girls during periods

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

By MERCY KAHENDA | 6mos ago

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THE STANDARD INSIDER

As schools reopen, just know Covid-19 is now airborne

As schools reopen, just know Covid-19 is now airborne

The risk of transmission is within three to six feet from an infectious person or source.

By BELDEEN WALIAULA | 3h ago

Life with Lupus is a daily battle within my body

Life with Lupus is a daily battle within my body

I have had active Lupus for 15 years. The Lupus became reasonably active in 2006.

By PROF FELICIA ARUDO YIEKE | 2d ago

Schools were wrong, paraffin increases libido in teens

Schools were wrong, paraffin increases libido in teens

By MERCY KAHENDA | 2d ago

Cow dung infection, not ‘evil eyes’ kills babies

Cow dung infection, not ‘evil eyes’ kills babies

By ROSE MUKONYO | 2d ago

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Why I shared my breast milk with babies I never met

Why I shared my breast milk with babies I never met

Children's Health

By GARDY CHACHA | 4w ago

Inside the world of a depressed child

Inside the world of a depressed child

Children's Health

By N. WAIGWA | 4mos ago

HIV generic drug for babies to be rolled out in Africa in 2021

HIV generic drug for babies to be rolled out in Africa in 2021

Benin, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda and Zimbabwe are due to receive the first tablets in the first half of 2021.

By REUTERS | 5mos ago

Infant jaundice: The harmless condition that can turn fatal

Children's Health

Jaundice occurs when the body has excess bilirubin, a yellow component of the red blood cells.

By KILLIAD SINIDE | 6mos ago

Boy, 7, gets hand reattached at KNH after being chopped off

Children's Health

By BELDEEN WALIAULA | 6mos ago

Infant deaths and miscarriages- Fathers mourn too

Children's Health

By ROSA AGUTU | 6mos ago