June 19, 2023

New solutions urgently needed to tackle smoking worldwide: experts to convene in Poland at the Global Forum on Nicotine

GFN23 WARSAW, Poland, June 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — International public health specialists, scientists, doctors, regulators, consumers and manufacturers are convening this week in the Polish capital to discuss new ways of tackling global smoking-related death and disease. Over four days, 70 speakers and hundreds of delegates at the tenth annual Global Forum on Nicotine (21 – 24 […]

Ilmotiok Residents Benefit From Subsidized Anthrax Vaccine

Residents of Ilmotiok ward in Narok West Sub County have a reason to smile after the county government, in collaboration with the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS), vaccinated hundreds of livestock against anthrax disease at a subsidized price. Unlike in…

Churches Urged To Help Mitigate Climate Change Effects

Churches have been urged to take charge of mitigating the effects of climate change by growing trees not only in the church compound but also in their respective homes. Speaking during a tree planting exercise in Baraka Worship Ministries Church in Ki…

County Develops Women’s Peace, Security Action Plan

The UNDP K and the Swedish Embassy in Kenya, through the Partnership for Peace and Security Kenya (PSK), are in the process of developing a Murang’a County Action Plan on Women’s Peace and Security (WPS). The action plan cascading from the Kenya Natio…

Youth Leaders Campaign To Reduce Teenage Pregnancies

Teenage pregnancies have been a great concern for the country’s leadership, hence the need to curb the menace by all means. Consequently, female youth leaders in parliament pitched tents in Kirinyaga County in a campaign aimed at reducing teenage preg…