Getting down with the Teachers
On getting Down With The Teachers
I'm mad. Livid. Angry beyond words. I will have to be secreted to a facility to prevent serious embarrassment to myself and those around me; I'm on the warpath, armed with the jaw of an ass, bent on Samsonite accomplishment. Let me tell you why. 
Failing management in Kenyan schools
Failing management in Kenyan schools
The recent spate of violent strikes in public secondary schools brings into sharp focus the role of Ministry of Education in the management of Kenya's public education system.

The fringe benefits of male circumcision rollout
The fringe benefits of male circumcision rollout The fringe benefits of male circumcision rollout
Kisumu-- James Nango discovered he had syphilis when he visited a clinic in his home town of Kisumu, in western Kenya's Nyanza Province, in 2009, hoping to be circumcised as a way of reducing his HIV risk.

World Aids Day: Stopping the Stigma
World Aids Day: Stopping the Stigma World Aids Day: Stopping the Stigma
December 1st marked another World Aids Day, a global event to encourage awareness and activism in the fight against HIV/Aids. Twitter, Facebook and Google all acknowledged the day in their own way, while President Jacob Zuma of South Africa selected the date for his announcement of an expansion of treatment for those of his compatriots that are living with the disease.

Scar
Scar Scar
A casual doctor's appointment yields unexpected results. She is diagnosed with breast cancer. She slumps into her seat in shock and sadness. Her heart sinks into her abdomen with a thud! Her first instict is denial. 'No.. This cannot be. I eat healthy and exercise regularly.. How can this be? I cannot have cancer.'

Depression & Suicide Among College Students
Depression & Suicide Among College Students Depression & Suicide Among College Students
“I just thought it was sadness… I could not function, life had no meaning at all, I felt like the only way out would be to kill myself.“  These are the exact words used by one of the college students featured in a new documentary ‘The Truth about Suicide: Real Stories of Depression in College’  by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. This documentary was made by families who have lost their children through suicide. Most of the participants in ...

Shortage of midwives 'deadly'
Shortage of midwives “deadly” Shortage of midwives “deadly”
The number of midwives worldwide would have to more than double to meet Millennium Development Goals of reducing maternal and infant deaths by 2015, according to the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) and World Health Organization on International Midwife Day....

Malaria in Kenya: a briefing for World Malaria Day
Malaria in Kenya: a briefing for World Malaria Day Malaria in Kenya: a briefing for World Malaria Day

According to the WHO, 3.3 billion people, half the world'spopulation is at risk of malaria. There were 247 million estimated cases ofmalaria in 2006. Of these cases, over 43% were in just five African countries,Kenya being one of them.



East African Countries Respond to Swine Flu Scare
East African Countries Respond to Swine Flu  Scare East African Countries Respond to Swine Flu Scare
The East African region is generally not well prepared for a pandemic like swine flu which has killed more than 100 in Mexico and is spreading to other countries, an expert said.

Pregnant women - the missing link in malaria control
Pregnant women - the missing link in malaria control Pregnant women - the missing link in malaria control
IRIN reports that in Liberia the only progressive way to curb Malaria is by consulting women. A strategy that will undoubtedly work in Kenya. 

Tex-Mex Hog Sniffles
Tex-Mex Hog Sniffles Tex-Mex Hog Sniffles

At the time of publication, there have been 150 confirmed deaths in Mexico from a new strain of swine flu. Health authorities in Mexico and the US are investigating a further 1000 suspicious cases of flu, searching for traces of the new strain, which has been described as an "unusually mongrelised mix of genetic sequences," according to Anne Schuchat, head of science and public health at the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC). While normal strains of swine flu (known as H1N1) are di...


Malaria control: a new method
Malaria control: a new method Malaria control: a new method

A study by Dimopoulos et al. has revealed a novel way to eradicate the malaria parasite. The scientists from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that by using a gene silencing technique, the Anopheles mosquito's immune response to the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum is increased, enabling resistance to this parasite.



Mpango wa Kando
Mpango wa Kando Mpango wa Kando
There is a series of new advertisements on Kenyan television, part of a campaign to sensitize the public on the increasing prevalence of HIV infection in married couples. You will remember the old wisdom: abstinence until marriage was a safe bet against infection with the dreaded virus.

Music will not start a party in your pants
Music will not start a party in your pants Music will not start a party in your pants

An article due to be published in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine puts forward the hypothesis that adolescents who regularly listen to songs with "degrading sexual references" are more likely to engage in sexual activity. According to Dr. Brian Primack of the Center for Research on Health Care at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, "high exposure of lyrics describing degrading sex in popular music was independently associated with higher levels of sexual behavi

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I am 28 and I Have Breast Cancer
I am 28 and I Have Breast Cancer I am 28 and I Have Breast Cancer
In August 2002, after eight years of working as an Executive Assistant at Morgan Stanley, I decided to resign and pursue my dream of starting a home-based boutique public relations firm. I also wanted to work for myself so I could be more involved in my daughter's life and school (PTA).



Male Circumcision: The Priceless Cut?
Male Circumcision: The Priceless Cut? Male Circumcision: The Priceless Cut?
Several years ago, I conducted an ethnographic study on people's knowledge, attitudes and beliefs towards medical research using a trial on male circumcision as a case study in a town in western Kenya.

The Case for a Formal Education
The Case For a Formal Education
A blogger who is no stranger to controversy once blogged about how useless a college education is and how someone can get ahead in this world without it and then went on to spout how many of the top richest people in the world do not have degrees. This to him was case enough that a university education isn’t a necessary tool for success in the world today. 
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Of school violence; and On bullies
Of school violence; and On bullies
I have been following, sporadically, the events unfolding in Kenyan secondary schools. I have been following with more interest the various theories attempting to explain "student unrest."

Caning reintroduced
Caning reintroduced Caning reintroduced

In a confirmation of our national culture of violence, much lamented on these pages, the Cabinet has (not surprisingly) chosen to reintroduce the cane in Kenyan schools.



Big Tobacco and Africa
Big Tobacco's African bottom line?

Duncan Bannatyne, famous in the UK for his dour attitude and sarcasm as one of the Dragons in the UK television show Dragon's Den recently put out  ‘Bannatyne takes on Big Tobacco' on the BBC. 



A world without AIDS: Bangladesh to Zimbabwe
The spread of HIV has meant personal and national health crises in many countries. The disease has strained many poorer countries’ health care budgets and has challenged scientists, medical professionals and those in social services affected by it.

AIDS estimates drop drastically
I was never one of the converted. The official figures read that every third girl in my city had the HIV-virus. I did not need to be a scientist to have figured out that something was amiss.



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