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IRIN Lead Stories
KENYA: Stigma holding back the fight against TB
SIAYA Thursday, November 19, 2009 (IRIN) - When Dorothy*, a single mother of five, told her neighbours in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, she had tuberculosis (TB), she expected sympathy and maybe even offers of help. Instead, she found herself so severely ostracized, she felt she had to move out....
KENYA: The million man cut
KISUMU Tuesday, November 17, 2009 (IRIN) - The Kenyan government is expanding services to meet the growing demand for voluntary medical male circumcision after the launch of a national campaign a year ago....
In Brief: Hundreds flee attack in east Kenyan town
ISIOLO Tuesday, November 17, 2009 (IRIN) - Hundreds of people have fled their homes in Isiolo, eastern Kenya, following an attack by armed men that left 11 people dead in Kisima locality, the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) said....
KENYA: Women weighed down by culture
GARISSA Monday, November 16, 2009 (IRIN) - Armed with a university certificate, Hubbie Hussein Al-Haji returned to her pastoralist community in Garissa, northeastern Kenya, expecting to serve as a veterinary health assistant. But she was refused the job....
Standard Newspaper News Headlines
Eight prisoners die of cholera at Kamiti
Eight prisoners died at the Kamiti Maximum Prison following an outbreak of a diarrhoeal disease....
Ruto, Poghisio fault State on Mau
Cabinet ministers William Ruto and Samuel Poghisio have accused the Government of applying double standards on the Mau issue and vowed not to rest until the people are compensated and resettled....
Managing your money with confidence
Susan is a single 29-year-old information technology specialist. She is paying mortgage, owns a car and counts herself lucky to have a job that pays her well. ...
Fish industry threatened
The Sh9.4 billion fish industry faces collapse due to dwindling stock of Nile perch....
Eight Kenyan prisoners die of cholera
Source: Agence France-Presse
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in the African region: Update 59
Source: World Health Organization
Applauding Peacebuilding Commissions early successes, speakers in Assembly stress fine-tuning still needed to enhance results on ground in post-conflict countries
Source: UN General Assembly
WFP hunger hotspots: Kenya - 20 Nov 2009
Source: World Food Programme
Hunger lingers in Horn of Africa despite rains
Source: World Food Programme
The USAID FEWS-NET Weather Hazards Impacts Assessment for Africa (19 - 25 Nov 2009)
Source: FEWS NET, USAID
WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record 20 Nov 2009
Source: World Health Organization
New IFRC report calls for dramatic rethink on humanitarian assistance in Africa
Source: IFRC
Kenya: More than 2,000 youth Play for the Planet in Nairobi
Source: UN Environment Programme
UNODOC Executive Director and actor Nicolas Cage visit IOM health facility in Nairobi
Source: International Organization for Migration
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