Lessons from a community-driven rabies vaccination campaign in Kenya: Vaccination campaign roll outs in Laikipia's pastoralist communities. Laikipia Rabies Vaccination CampaignEvery year, approximately 60,000 people die from rabies. Most of these deaths are children – who are often less able to defend themselves from animals – in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Rabies is … [Read more...] about Lessons from a community-driven rabies vaccination campaign in Kenya | The Conversation
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How South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe measure up on child offenders | The Conversation
How South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe measure up on child offenders: The best interests of the child require detention to be used as a last resort. ShutterstockAround the world, hundreds of thousands of children are not free. They are deprived of their liberty in settings such as migration holding camps and criminal justice processes. According to the United Nations (UN) … [Read more...] about How South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe measure up on child offenders | The Conversation
Kenya is having another go at passing a reproductive rights bill. What’s at stake | The Conversation
Kenya is having another go at passing a reproductive rights bill. What's at stake: A mother-to-be in Kibera in Nairobi, where up to a third of adolescent girls and women between 15-22 experience an unwanted pregnancy. Photo by Donwilson Odhiambo/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesKenya’s Senate is considering a reproductive healthcare bill, which seeks to address … [Read more...] about Kenya is having another go at passing a reproductive rights bill. What’s at stake | The Conversation
What Kenya must look out for before easing COVID-19 restrictions | The Conversation
What Kenya must look out for before easing COVID-19 restrictions: People observing social distancing as they queue for mass testing for the COVID-19 coronavirus in a Nairobi suburb. (Photo by Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images)Kenya’s initial response to COVID-19 was highly praised as effective in suppressing the spread of infections. There is cautious optimism as the country … [Read more...] about What Kenya must look out for before easing COVID-19 restrictions | The Conversation
Lockdown and flooding raise the risk of a spike in mosquito-borne diseases in Kenya | The Conversation
Lockdown and flooding raise the risk of a spike in mosquito-borne diseases in Kenya: A family sitting under a treated mosquito net. GettyImagesAs soon as the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Kenya, the government banned public gatherings of more than 15 people. Schools, colleges and universities were closed . Within two weeks, the whole country was placed under a dusk to … [Read more...] about Lockdown and flooding raise the risk of a spike in mosquito-borne diseases in Kenya | The Conversation
