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Sakaja appoints Olive Mugenda to head healthcare reforms taskforce

Sakaja appoints Olive Mugenda to head healthcare reforms taskforce
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Prevalence of microcephaly and Zika virus infection in a pregnancy cohort in Kenya, 2017–2019 | BMC Medicine

Zika virus (ZIKV), first discovered in Uganda in 1947, re-emerged globally in 2013 and was later associated with microcephaly and other birth defects. We determined the incidence of ZIKV infection and its association with adverse pregnancy and fetal outcomes in a pregnancy cohort in Kenya. From October 2017 to July 2019, we recruited and followed up women aged ≥ 15 years and ≤ 28 weeks pregnant in three hospitals in coastal Mombasa. Monthly follow-up included risk factor questions and a blood sample collected for ZIKV serology. We collected anthropometric measures (including head circumference), cord blood, venous blood from newborns, and any evidence of birth defects. Microcephaly was defined as a head circumference (HC) < 2 standard deviations (SD) for sex and gestational age. Severe microcephaly was defined as HC < 3 SD for sex and age. We tested sera for anti-ZIKV IgM antibodies using captur

Widow speaks after husband sets ablaze himself and 2-year-old daughter

A man and his 2-year-old daughter have died after he set ablaze the car in which he, his wife, and the child were. | Pulse Ghana

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