Nairobi, Kenya

The Dandora municipal waste site east of Nairobi continues to pose environmental and health risks even after a study recommended its closure, said...

Five months after a specialised facility for multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients was established at Kenyatta National Hospital in...

The number of children dying before their fifth birthday in Kenya has risen in the past 10 years, according to health specialists. One in nine...

The risk of an HIV-positive mother infecting her child through breastfeeding can be significantly reduced by antiretroviral treatment (ART), say...

Quality healthcare is a luxury often beyond the reach of those who live in Nairobi’s slums, such as mother-of-seven Grace Awour Opondo. "When you are...

HIV/AIDS funding to low- and middle-income countries reached a record level in 2007, according to a new report by UNAIDS. AIDS spending by the G8...

An outbreak of cholera has been confirmed in the Kisumu municipality in the western region, a senior health official has said. "At least 13 out...

The Kenyan government has embarked on an ambitious national programme to fast track the national rollout of male circumcision as a means of...

The threat of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has been heightened by the displacement of an estimated 300,000 people in Kenya's recent...