Health

By Leon Mutwiri Its all system go as the envied Meru Press Club is set to hold a mental health awareness tournament on December 14th at Meru Teachers Training College grounds. The community-based organization formed by journalists based in Meru, will be holding the event in a bid to appreciate and...

Medics and leaders in Meru have appealed to the government to conduct thorough research to establish the cause of high cancer prevalence in the County. St. Teresa Kiirua hospital CEO Sister Mary Agnes Nkatha, said many patients have been diagnosed at the hospital while on the fourth stage of the disease making it...

Nana Kilemi founded the Needy Cancer Health Initiative (NCHI) because she knows too well the emotional, physical and financial distress that comes with a positive cancer diagnosis. According to the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), over 800,000 new cancer cases and 500,000 deaths were recorded in Sub Saharan Africa in 2020. In Kenya,...

The Meru Hospice has called for increased support from the community and the government to address the needs of cancer patients. In a campaign dubbed one tree one life, several well wishers have supported the hospice to plant 70,000 trees this season and provide medication for more than 500 patients under its care.

A sombre mood engulfed Runyenye village in Kiirua location, Buuri constituency in Meru county after two children drowned in a private dam in unclear circumstances. The two deceased children who are a boy and girl aged three and four years respectively  were playing together when the unfortunate incident occurred.  The incident...