The single most powerful conclusion from the analysis of child survival and intervention packaging is the realization of the potential of newborn care interventions in reducing child mortality. Childhood mortality can be reduced by eliminating neonatal death from preventable causes, i.e., severe infection, asphyxia and preterm and low birth weight. In Africa, about 265,000 women…
Sexual violence is a serious health and human rights problem in Kenya. Sexual violence affects men and women, boys and girls and has adverse physical and psycho-social consequences on the survivor. The post election violence experienced in 2008 following the disputed 2007 presidential elections, that saw a wave of sexual abuse targeted at women and…
The Ministry of Health recognizes that heterosexual transmission is the most common mode of transmission of HIV in our set-up and the government priorities should reflect this reality. The Ministry has been at the forefront in scaling up prevention and treatment programmes for HIV/AIDS. As we seek to diversify the prevention efforts, we wish to…
Young people, persons aged 10-24 years, constitute 36 percent of our total population. Today’s young people have diverse experiences given the different political, economic, social and cultural realities they face in their communities. Young people today face many reproductive health challenges, which include sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS, teenage pregnancy, unsafe abortion, school dropout, harmful…