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  Image:Flag of Kenya.svg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Image:Flag_of_Kenya.svg   (363 words)

  
 AEGiS: Republic of Kenya
Kenya has the challenge of meeting the reproductive health needs of a rapidly expanding population in the era of AIDS and under the constraint of shrinking health resources.
Kenya is a country located in Africa the has a "national disaster" of AIDS and HIV.
The Kenya AIDS Watch Institute, KAWI, is an independent, apolitical and impartial monitoring organization established to gather and disseminate objective information and critical analysis of the effectiveness and relevance of all the current and future anti-HIV/AIDS programmes.
www.aegis.com /countries/kenya.html   (1533 words)

  
 ASC_ Resources on African Health & Diseases
This hospital is in the western region of Rwanda near the city of Kibuye and Lake Kivu.
Karl Bremer Hospital is a second level referral hospital situated on the border of Parow and Bellville in the Northern Suburbs of Cape Town.
Mvumi is a church hospital situated in the village of Mvumi Mission in Central Tanzania and is run under the auspices of the Anglican Diocese of Central Tanganyika.
www.africa.upenn.edu /health/hospitalsin1.htm   (1409 words)

  
 advise and info on kenya
Kenya has a good network of buses, as well as matatus (minibuses) and share taxis, but none are very safe as drivers tend to overload and speed.
Kenya's national parks and game reserves have long been famous for their variety and wealth of flora and fauna.
The Tana river, the largest in Kenya, abuts a small section of the park in the east, and Adamson's Falls, at the tip of the park, are a spectacular sight after rain.
www.afroventures.com /kenya/3.asp   (2727 words)

  
 Kenya
Kenya is a republic dominated by a strong presidency.
President Daniel Arap Moi, who has led the Kenya Africa National Union (KANU) and served as President since 1978, was reelected most recently in 1997, in the country's second general election since the restoration of multiparty politics in 1991.
The KHRC, the Kenya Union of Journalists, and the Kenya chapter of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) condemned the attacked on Dindi.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/af/index.cfm?docid=841   (19331 words)

  
 KENYA: Focus on lack of access to HIV/AIDS drugs
Chris Ouma, from the Kenya Coalition for Access to Essential Medecines, said the PPB was "very slow" to give permission for use of the drugs.
She added that while the World Health Organisation (WHO) had produced a list of recommended and tested ARVs, it only specified the name of the drugs and not the manufacturer.
A regularly updated list is available from WHO and states not only the name of the drug but also that of the manufacturer and of the manufacturing site.
www.scienceinafrica.co.za /2002/september/kenyahiv.htm   (958 words)

  
 Volunteer in Kenya: Volunteer Work Abroad, Kenyan International Volunteering Opportunities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Kenya is one of the most beautiful and politically stable countries in East Africa.
Children facing life on the street continues to be a major issue in the rift valley town of Nakuru and in the capital city of Nairobi.
Conserve Kenya's environment This placement is a great opportunity to experience conservation work in three very distinct areas of Kenya.
www.volunteerabroad.com /Kenya.cfm   (871 words)

  
 Kenya
Unspent Kenya Shillings may be re-converted at the airport bank on departure but this takes time and patience.
Although evening wear is informal in camps and lodges, the Mt Kenya Safari Club at Nanyuki and some restaurants in Nairobi do require gentlemen to wear a tie and jacket for dinner and equivalent evening attire for ladies.
The larger towns in Kenya have pharmacies and hospitals, but you should carry adequate supplies of your own medicines and toiletry items as many of the smaller towns offer limited services.
kenya.com /explorer/safaritips.asp?safari_id=29   (1779 words)

  
 American Friends of Kenya, Inc.
This organization grew out of the efforts of a group of Connecticut residents who visited Kenya during the summer of 2004 and returned determined to help the people of Kenya in their educational and health care concerns.
Irene Kimenyi was born and raised in a small village in Central Kenya known as Lari, well known for the infamous Lari Massacre, an incidence in which hundreds of those who collaborated with the colonialists were killed by members of the Mau Mau freedom movement.
Kenya has demanded an apology from Britain for the inhuman treatment of Mau Mau freedom fighters and their sympathizers.
www.afkinc.org   (3223 words)

  
 MD Travel Health - Kenya - vaccinations, malaria, safety, and other medical advice
Malaria in Kenya: prophylaxis is recommended for all areas except Nairobi and the highlands (above 2500 m) of Central, Eastern, Nyanza, Rift Valley, and Western Provinces.
An outbreak of Rift Valley fever was reported in December 2006 from flooded areas in northeastern Kenya, causing 152 cases and 54 deaths by January 2, 2007.
The recommendations for malaria prophylaxis are the same for young children as for adults, except that (1) dosages are lower; (2) Malarone is not recommended for children weighing less than 25 pounds; and (3) doxycycline should be avoided.
www.mdtravelhealth.com /destinations/africa/kenya.html   (4629 words)

  
 Management Sciences for Health - Resources - Online Reports - Available Reports
Lists of specific recommendations are aimed at national program planners and policy makers, donors, and VCT service implementers.
The document also includes a list of resources, a case study on VCT services in Zambia, and guidance on performing specific calculations that can be used to quantify the need for HIV test kits in VCT programs.
Seven hospitals of various sizes and complexity were selected as pilots for implementation of autonomy.
www.msh.org /resources/online_reports/listing.html   (1601 words)

  
 Kenya
The suspect reportedly claimed that he was beaten outside the hospital and then beaten unconscious after he returned to the prison.
The Government-controlled Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) broadcast a video that showed Kamanda saying that President Moi should be shot if he did not leave office after his current term ended; however, a Kenya Television Network (KTN) news video of the same event indicated that the tape shown on KBC had excluded three words.
The Government refused to reverse its 1994 denial of registration of the Islamic Party of Kenya (IPK) on the grounds that the IPK was a religious-based party, and had been involved in a number of violent confrontations with police in 1992.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/af/8386.htm   (13382 words)

  
 Gadling
Ahh, summer is slowly, but surely working its way to an end and as students prepare to bury their heads into texts for the fall, wouldn't you know those around the world plane tickets and trips dreamt about all summer long would finally go on sale.
Kenya is a country I've always wanted to visit (a desire made more potent recently by my two-year-old's sudden obsession with "The Lion King") -- this article has me ready to call my travel agent now.
One click into a Magical Kenya tourism site and BOOM, I discovered the Dinai Skydive Boogie to be held in October 2006 and the MEAK Charity Kitesurf Cup happening Jan. 25, 2006 to Feb. 5, 2006.
www.gadling.com /category/kenya   (2092 words)

  
 Open Directory - Regional:Africa:Kenya   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Kenya is located at the Equator on the East Coast of Africa.
Kenya's capital city is Nairobi with a population of approximately 1.4 million people.
This category lists health and medical resources specific to the region including but not limited to hospitals, clinics, conditions, health issues, and health care providers.
dmoz.org /Regional/Africa/Kenya/desc.html   (1666 words)

  
 Gusii trepanation - Traditional Music & Cultures of Kenya
If all the reasons for trepanation are put together, the common mechanism behind all the conditions in the list is to remove something.
There is a continuum, from immaterial to material, from magic and thaumaturgy to science - evil spirits and demons, vapors, humors, air, hypothetical "pressures," actual pressures, real and fictional foreign bodies, "unknown substances," pus, blood and finally, pieces of bone.
The bad results usually end up at government hospitals with local infections or meningitis, or are investigated by the police as deaths.
www.bluegecko.org /kenya/tribes/gusii/trepanation.htm   (2118 words)

  
 globalinfo.org - May 22, KENYA (#43944)
Known as post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), the anti-HIV treatment is available in just seven of the 73 government district hospitals in Kenya, and one of the eight provincial hospitals.
"Often she will be faced with the challenge of spending 50 Kenya shillings (less than a dollar) on the matatu, or buying food, given the high poverty level in the country," Muchela noted.
The cost of a PEP course at a modest private hospital is about $23, while an HIV test costs roughly $24, according to Muchela.
www.globalinfo.org /eng/reader.asp?ArticleId=43944   (797 words)

  
 CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW PROCESS IN KENYA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Section 79 of the Constitution of Kenya, guarantees the enjoyment of freedom of expression, which includes freedom to hold opinions without interference, freedom to receive ideas and information, freedom to communicate ideas and information to the public generally or to any person or class of persons and freedom from interference with correspondence.
It was suggested that the Kenya Constitutional Review Commission should attempt to go beyond ethnicity and prepare a constitution for Kenya, rather than succumb to the sectarian and sectional interests that have plagued politics in the country.
It is in the interest of the people of Kenya and the East African region that the process is a re-sounding success and that they end up with a type of Constitution they will not only fully identify with, but which will also usher in a democratic culture and guarantee them peace, harmony and prosperity.
www.kituochakatiba.co.ug /kenyap.htm   (10936 words)

  
 Sporting information about Kenya.
Kenya’s approximately 582,000 square kilometers lie wholly within the tropics and are bisected by the Equator.
There are several excellent hospitals in Kenya with modern facilities and very high standards of professional health care.
Kenya is a photographer’s paradise, with countless unforgettable images of landscape, people and animals just waiting to be captured on film.
www.sportingsafariskenya.com /kenya-info.htm   (471 words)

  
 Travelling Fellowship Program to Kenya
It is expensive.At Meru District Hospital I visited the allocated room for the proposed Meru Hospice currently in the initial stages of planning.
I observe that the list of additional effective medications needed is short and inexpensive.I found the old ignorance and prejudice against the use of opioids still entrenched in nursing staff and regulations still in place which effectively barred its use.
Education of the family and patient about the process of dying and education of care-givers about cultural and spiritual aspects of illness and death in their society should all form a part of the training and education of new palliative teams here.
www.hospicecare.com /travelfellow/tf2001/kenya.htm   (1764 words)

  
 Internship in Kenya: Intern Abroad Programs, Kenyan International Internship Programs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Kenya's wildlife reserves, health and communities are among the best highlighted in the world.
We work with several hospitals and dispensaries that are located in and around Nakuru that need the assistance of volunteers in their day to day work.
IVDN will be glad to introduce Pre-medical and Medical students to health institutions in rural western Kenya at the St.Joseph Mission's Hospital and Oruba Nursing and Maternity Home Ltd. These two institutions are located in rural western part of Kenya.
www.internabroad.com /listings.cfm/countryID/48/StartRow/1/PageNum/1   (839 words)

  
 Kenya Placement List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Doctors, Nurses are needed to assist at a rural Mission hospital that is primarily a maternity hospital in the South West Area of the country.
Hospital Administration staff (and even Undertakers) are needed to assist at a rural Mission hospital that is primarily a maternity hospital in the South West Area of the country, that runs many health projects within the local community.
Assist an organisation that is devoted to improving the lives of the less privileged in both the rural and urban areas of Kenya.
www.volunteering.org.au /kenya_p.html   (2066 words)

  
 CORRUPTION-KENYA: An Amnesty Perhaps Not Worth Its Weight in Gold
Most names on the list also figure in a dossier on the Anglo Leasing scandal compiled by John Githongo; this former ethics and governance permanent secretary was charged with advising Kibaki on curbing corruption.
The Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) says it has interviewed 270 people in connection with Anglo Leasing, and recommended prosecution for a number of them; these include four former ministers and three former permanent secretaries.
Besides the Anglo Leasing scam, Kenya continues to be dogged by another scandal, the Goldenberg affair, which took place in the early 1990s.
www.ipsnews.net /news.asp?idnews=34997   (901 words)

  
 Webkenya - Safari in Kenya - Magadi Lake
Rarely visited by tourists because it is located in a remote area at the Kenyan south border with Tanzania, Magadi area is known for being one of the hottest and driest place of Kenya and for its pinkish mirror-like soda lake.
A visit to Magadi lake is a nice one-day safari from Nairobi and it is worth a visit for its general landscape, for the wonderful colours of its soda water and for its birdlife.
Therefore, all alkaline lakes are near a volcano : Lake Natron (Tanzania) and Lake Magadi (Kenya) are near Shombole, Olorgesailie (Kenya), lake Elmenteita near Eburu crater, lake Nakuru near Menengai crater, lake Bogoria near Laikipia volcanic escarpment.
www.webkenya.com /eng/safari/magadi.php   (1633 words)

  
 Kenya - KENYA Million Animal Safari - 11-Day Tour by JOURNEYS International
Upon arrival in Kenya, you will be met at the Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and transferred to a local hotel for your overnight.
Mwingi is is one of Kenya’s main areas for harvesting honey.
Depart via the western slopes of Mt. Kenya and the Aberdares, to the floor of the Rift Valley.
www.journeys-intl.com /destinations/africa/kenya/4   (1255 words)

  
 St. Lawrence University: News
Summerterm in Kenya will be held June 3 through July 1 in 2006, offering students an exciting, multifaceted, intensively cross-cultural experience, combining classroom instruction and field experience in one of Africa's most stable and thriving countries.
Participants in the health care course will spend much of their time in urban and rural hospitals, clinics, treatment centers and orphanages.
For further information about eligibility and application, visit the University Web site for the Summerterm program in Kenya or call the Center for International and Intercultural Studies, at 315-229-5991.
www.stlawu.edu /news/kenyasummerterm.html   (431 words)

  
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In 1985, Kenya hoisted the WHO workshop on the Rational Use of Drugs, whose contribution to enriching the essential drugs concept has become known internationally as, “the Spirit of Nairobi.” Within this background, it is fitting that Kenya now consolidate its experiences in the field of essential drugs into a National Drug Policy.
This list will be used to encourage local production of essential medical supplies and devices, to guide prices of these essential items and to facilitate importation of these items.
Standard treatments for Kenya’s health centers and dispensaries will continue to be periodically updated and published by the Essential Drugs Programme in the Handbook for Rural Health Workers and as a wall chart.
www.pharmacyboardkenya.org /drugpolicy.doc   (4713 words)

  
 afrol News - Kenya announces free AIDS, malaria drugs
He further announced that the government has also "waived, with immediate effect, the 100 shillings [euro 1.10] being charged on anti-retroviral drugs in government hospitals and health centres." It was hoped that a larger part of Kenya's 200,000 diagnosed HIV positives now would consider taking the life-prolonging drugs.
While there is a general agreement that Kenya has effectively fought the spread of AIDS, more and more scientists however doubt the elevated figures used by UNAIDS in the 1990s.
Recent reports suggest that the AIDS prevalence rate in Kenya never has reached more than five percent, concluding that the UN was using unprofessional methods to calculate HIV rates.
www.afrol.com /articles/19609   (608 words)

  
 Kenya wildlife tours and Safaris,
Warm days and cool early mornings and evenings in most parts of the country, at altitude the temperatures are moderate.
The Electricity supply in Kenya is 220/240 volts 50HZ.
It is advisable to ensure that appliances such as video or battery charger operating on other voltage have a built-in adaptor It is recommended that you bring your own adaptor.
www.travelust.com /kenyaInfo.php   (350 words)

  
 Hospitals Directory and Worldwide Hospitals Search
Our hospital database will eventually contain the address and contact details of every hospital in the world.
If your hospital is missing from our database, or if your hospital address or contact details have changed from those we have listed, please contact us using the details at the bottom of this page.
Worldwide hospital database, search by country or keyword.
www.medilexicon.com /hospitalsdirectory.php   (102 words)

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