Child Health It is the responsibility of all health care providers to ensure that the children in their catchment area are kept as healthy as possible. Many child health programmes are covered in the care of children in the community. Individual sections in these guidelines also include advice on prevention of various conditions. Other conditions […]

Clinical Guidelines For Eye Care In Kenya eye diseases are ranked eight among the top 10 causes of morbidity.Blindness prevalence is estimated at 0.7%. At the current population this translates to about 224,000 people being blind, with close to 672,000 suffering from low vision. Eighty per cent of the causes of blindness are either curable […]

Epistaxis Bleeding through the nose, due to nose picking, trauma (fall in games, assault, etc.), nasal and paranasal neoplasms, nasal infection, systemic derangements,, e.g., acute fevers, hypertension, renal disease with uraemia, abnormalities of blood clotting, and foreign bodies in the nose. Management Immediate: Sit the patient up (to avoid aspiration).; Pinch the nose for 10-20 […]