Tag: kenya
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Child TB deaths set to fall as Kenya launches new drugs
By Katy Migiro NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – More children are likely to survive tuberculosis, the leading infectious disease killer, after Kenya introduces child-friendly medicines on Oct. 1 – the first country in the world to do so. Some 155,000 children with TB are set to benefit across 18 countries that have already ordered the…
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Child TB deaths set to fall as Kenya launches new drugs
By Katy Migiro NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – More children are likely to survive tuberculosis, the leading infectious disease killer, after Kenya introduces child-friendly medicines on Oct. 1 – the first country in the world to do so. Some 155,000 children with TB are set to benefit across 18 countries that have already ordered the…
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Mosquito traps laced with human scent help fight malaria
Dutch and Kenyan scientists have designed a unique mosquito trap which uses human odour to attract the malaria-carrying insects, helping cut the number of cases dramatically, researchers said Wednesday. A three-year study in Kenya found the special traps baited with synthetic smell helped to catch 70 percent of the local malaria mosquito population, and led…
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Two Kenyans in gay sex case lose bid to outlaw anal examinations
Two men being tried for having gay sex in Kenya lost their legal bid on Thursday to challenge the authorities’ right to force suspects to have anal examinations. In their petition, the two unamed men who deny the charges, said they had been coerced into undergoing anal examinations by security personnel and a public hospital…