Quick Facts about Yellow Fever

Source: cnn.com

I came across these facts on yellow fever which were shared by the Resolution Health Medical Advisory Team and

Youth and Mental Health #IYD2014

I had submitted this poem for publication during the celebration of the International Youth Day. Mental health is vital for the development of an individual and country. Most of us do not realize that our youth are facing mental health challenges because of the difficulties they are facing. Here are words written from the perspective of a youth.

Let Me Be

The world of wrappers…

Imagine a world with no paper, boxes, bottles, cups or any form of wrapping. Think of cooking with no vessel or carrying a loaf of bread with no paper?

The Cheapest Cure for Stress and Anger

When I was growing up, I never knew what I wanted to be:  just like most kids. I shifted my dream career depending on what people told me I could be or

Contraceptives Can Be An Alternative To Abortion Part 2

When I did six articles, last year November, on family planning some of my readers asked me why I was so passionate on the topic. Please do not get me wrong, my aim is not to advocate for the use of contraceptives but to ensure that no more deaths take place

How To Deal With Severe Menstrual Cramps

I am always doing constant research about menstrual cramps because of what I put up with every month. I have not been able to find the cure yet but just ways of controlling the pain. What has 

Analysis of Every Day Pills

They must be taken every day of every month, for 21 – 35 days depending on the type, even if the woman does not have sex every day. They should be taken at the same time each day. This helps a woman to remember and reduce some side effects.

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Analysis of Emergency Pills (Morning after Pills)

They are taken by a woman after unprotected sex, or in case of emergency e.g. rape or condom burst. They must be taken within 5 days after unprotected sex. There is no harm in taking often, but not recommended due to high dose of hormones and low effectiveness compared to

Analysis of Family Planning Injections

Some common examples are Femiplan and Depo Proveva. They are injected by a health provider in a woman’s arm, buttock or thigh every month or every three months. A woman should not delay injections by more than 2 weeks

Analysis of Family Planning Implants

They are small sticks the size of match sticks inserted by a health provider in a woman’s arm, under the skin. Examples are, Implanon,

Analysis of the Copper IUCD (coil)

This is an object made of plastic with copper wires, and strings at the bottom and is inserted in a woman’s uterus by a health provider. It can protect a woman for 12 years, but can be removed at any time if she

A Breif Description of Contraceptives

I will be looking at different types of contraceptives in brief then latter I shall provide much detail. Let’s begin with the Combined Pill which contains oestrogen and progestogen. Being 99 percent effective it works by preventing ovulation. However,

Cervical Cancer at a glance

 

The breast cancer awareness month is over but that does not mean the sensitization should stop. There are other types of cancer such as cervical cancer which is still killing women.

Cervical cancer is uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells in a woman’s cervix. It is caused by a virus called HPV,

Alcohol, Drugs and Substance Abuse

I am impressed with the move by his Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta to fight drugs and alcohol abuse in Kenya. It is about time

Reality Check on HIV/Aids

I wrote this article some time back but I still believe that it is relevant.

When we first heard of HIV/Aids in Kenya, we associated it with promiscuity and treated people living with the virus as outcasts. The religious leaders held the position that, people with the virus were paying for being immoral. Years