‘Cold’ weather and pneumonia
Did you grow up with your mother shouting 'Get out of the rain or you will catch pneumonia!' Does the cold really bring pneumonia with it? Let us look at the evidence.
Hewa tele
The Hewa Tele project as discussed by Joy Muraya in the Standard paper today - providing oxygen to reduce the pneumonia toll
Condoms are most effective when applied by men……….hmmmm
Who is better at condom application - the man or the woman? Some scientists actually sought to find that out - its not ground breaking stuff and I really needed a light read.
A fungal affair
Toenail infections can tear couples apart - haha just kidding. But have a read of a couple's struggle to end a fungal affair.
Are you diabetic?
Over half the people suffering from diabetes have no idea they have the disease. It's only when they start to suffer serious clinical illness that many people discover that they ar
Vaccine reduces pneumonia by half
PCV10 vaccination was introduced in Kenya in 2011 - recent data suggests that it cuts pneumonia by half. That is really good news.
Bashing vaccines – here we go again
Vaccines got some bashing from republican presidential candidates, Trump and Dr Carson. Public confidence in vaccines is taking a battering and God help us all when it starts comin
Measles and polio – the story so far in Africa
Measles and polio are two diseases that have caused a lot of suffering in Africa. But the progress we are making on both is rather different. Have a read.
Displaced people – the continuing crisis
Kenya is the 7th major refugee hosting country globally - I have a feeling that just like me, you did not know that. The circumstances of refugees have never been looked at seriou
Opposition to vaccinations in Kenya, again
Because of this history, when the Catholic Church takes on established systems in Kenya – people listen - the Catholic Church more than others has people’s trust. And more than