The Standard Group Plc is a multi-media organization with investments in media
platforms spanning newspaper print
operations, television, radio broadcasting, digital and online services. The
Standard Group is recognized as a
leading multi-media house in Kenya with a key influence in matters of national
and international interest.
Drug resistance, driven by the misuse and overuse of antibiotics, is fast becoming one of Kenya’s most pressing health threats, with consequences that extend across Africa.
In hospitals and communities across the country, once-manageable infections are becoming increasingly difficult to treat as medicines lose their effectiveness.
These include Escherichia coli (E. coli, a bacterium that commonly causes diarrhoea and urinary tract infections); Salmonella (which causes typhoid fever and food poisoning); malaria; leishmaniasis (a parasitic disease spread by sandflies); and Candida (a fungal infection often affecting the mouth or genitals).
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