Millions of Kenyans, without toilets in their homes, are forced to endure their neighbours' unsavoury smells and habits in a shared pit in the ground or nearby fields.

NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Kenya plans to adopt the World Health Organization (WHO) pneumonia guidelines in order to reduce child mortality.

NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Kenya’s Ministry of Health on Monday launched a policy on prevention and containment of antimicrobial resistance to help promote prudent use of antimicrobial agents.

Polythene bags manufacturer Hi-Plast Limited has given the government 30 days to pay it Sh2 billion in compensation for damages caused by the plastics ban failing which it moves to court.

The World Bank says $5 million in emergency funding will help Madagascar finance the response to the island nation’s plague outbreak, as the death toll has reached at least 127 victims there – and

About one acre of Mt Kenya Forest was destroyed by a landslide, following heavy rains on Saturday night.

An intense cholera outbreak has killed some 1 562 people in Eastern and Southern Africa since the beginning of the year.

Crops that feed 200 million people at risk from destructive march of fall armyworm, as agriculture experts call for urgent action

The National Drought Management Authority has warned of a possible La Niña between October and December.