Topic: Infections

Vaccines save children from fatal infections

By Surjit Singh Flora   2024-09-17 09:14:05

Most paediatricians recommend vaccinations for children. It is absolutely wrong to leave it up to fate to protect them from diseases.

Olympics sees 40-plus Covid cases as global infections rise

By AFP   2024-08-07 16:59:20

More than 40 athletes at the Paris Olympics have tested positive for Covid-19, highlighting a new global rise in cases as vaccination coverage plunges, WHO said Tuesday.

Kenya commits to end early pregnancies and HIV infections in adolescents

By Mercy Kahenda   2024-06-07 16:42:08

According to the ministry's 2023 data, the country reported 22,154 new HIV infections, out of which 41 per cent occurred among young persons aged between 15 and 24 years. 

How to reduce risk of getting urinary tract infections

By Dr Alfred Murage   2024-02-24 15:15:36

Several factors increase the risk of getting UTIs including frequent sex, incomplete emptying of the bladder and other disease conditions like diabetes

Worrying trends of sexual assault in children causing HIV infections, unintended pregnancies

By Mercy Kahenda   2024-02-20 15:32:41

Girls who conceive risk transmitting HIV to unborn babies, as they do not know how to prevent mother-child transmission of the virus.

How to outsmart candida and curb recurrent yeast infections

By Maryann Muganda   2024-01-07 11:33:38

Candidiasis is a fungal infection caused by an overgrowth of the Candida albicans yeast species.