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		<title>Kenya: Plan to halve prevalence of infant diarrhoea</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nairobi--Kenya has set its sights on halving the prevalence of infant diarrhoeal disease - which kills dozens of children daily - within five years, using new treatments and by boosting preventive measures.
Every Kenyan child under five has an average of three episodes of diarrhoea annually, according to the 2008 Demographic and Health Survey.
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		<title>Kenya: R U OK 2 day? SMS check-up takes off</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nairobi--Phoebe Mapelu's job as a community health worker in Kenya's Kajiado District always meant going from door to door - sometimes with long distances between homes - to check up on patients on life-prolonging antiretroviral therapy (ART).
"In a day, I can visit 15 people. It's hard because they stay far away from each other, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kenya: Disease threat follows floods</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nairobi--Some 30,000 people are in urgent need of shelter, water, food and healthcare after heavy rainfall caused massive flooding, forcing thousands to leave their homes, according to the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS).
Roads and bridges have been either destroyed or severely damaged, cutting off villagers and leaving them without food or potable water, putting them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kenya: Double whammy: Malnutrition and cholera hit refugee camp</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nairobi--Malnutrition rates are soaring and cholera is spreading at a camp in northwestern Kenya that has recently experienced significant influxes of refugees and steep funding cuts, says the aid group the International Rescue Committee.
An IRC survey conducted last month at Kakuma camp found that 17% of children under the age of five, or around 1,800 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kenya: Cholera claims 24 lives in northwest</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nairobi--An outbreak of cholera in northwest Kenya has killed at least 24 people over the past two weeks according to a senior health official.
Some 193 cholera cases were recorded between 23 November and 9 December, said Director of Public Health Shahnaaz Sharif, adding that the Kapedo and Lokori areas of East Pokot district were the [...]]]></description>
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