it has a ripple effect to an entire family and entire community. >> reporter: back in eldoret, dr.eya is kept very busy, at one of the few places where fistula surgery is performed and offered free of charge. working six days a week, he operates on 45 women a month. since that's just a fraction of the new cases, he is also training other doctors in the region, and he is working to prevent fistulas in the first place. >> fistula is almost 100% preventable. in developed countries, it's not even there. >> reporter: he says fistula can be avoided if adequate prenatal and emergency care is made available when complications arise during pregnancy. more than half of all kenyan women still deliver their babies at home. for her part, sarah omega says her healing became complete when she able to give birth to a health baby daughter, jade, who recently turned two. >> she means just the whole world to me. i remember at some point i would pray and say, "god, if you will give me a baby, that baby will erase the pain i have gone through in this life." >> reporter: and omega continues to help othe

here at the moi hospital in eldoret, a team from purdue and notre dame universities is in the early testing phase of a chemically coated paper strip. it's cheap, just 50 cents a card, and easy to use by a clinic to test its drugs: spread it on the card strip, dip in water and check for color changes. >> if there are any differences between the image and the control image, you can say it's suspicious. >> reporter: suspicious means it doesn't contain the active ingredient or has only a tiny fraction of it, as often happens, says dr. mercy maina >> counterfeiters are smart. they know you're going to run a qualitative test to just test a presence of the active pharmaceutical ingredient. they will make sure that some of it is available for it to pass the test, to get away with it. >> reporter: the new test is designed to weed out products with those smaller doses of active ingredient, which she says are a giant threat to public health, especially with antibiotics which the bacteria learn to resist. >> you're increasing superbugs. so we will run out of antibiotics because you're being exposed to

the bus was carrying people to the capital, nairobi, when the accident happened on the nakuru—eldorethan 100 people have died in the last few weeks on that stretch of road alone. a seaplane has crashed into a river near sydney, killing all six people on board. reports suggest four of the victims are british, although this has not been confirmed by police. the foreign office here is in contact with officials in australia. the aircraft, on a sightseeing trip in the run—up to the new year celebrations, came down in a river close to the suburb of cowan. phil mercer reports from sydney. the seaplane crashed intojerusalem bay near the town of cowan. on board were five passengers and the pilot. the single—engine aircraft is thought to have sunk rapidly. a witness said it had made a tight right—hand turn and then nosedived into the hawkesbury river. a full—scale search was $0011 under way. there were no survivors. police divers have found six bodies. the wreckage of the plane remains in more than 40ft of water. the authorities say a full investigation will take place. i cannot confirm the ide

the crash happened on a notoriously dangerous stretch of the main road between eldoret and nakuru. same area in recent weeks. south korean authorities have seized a second ship suspected of supplying oil to north korea in violation of international sanctions. the panama—flagged tanker is being held at a port near the western city of pyeongtaek. south korea has already impounded a hong kong—registered ship, the lighthouse winmore, that it suspects of secretly transferring 600 tonnes of refined oil to a north korean vessel. technology is giving historians a new insight into everyday life in ancient egypt. researchers at university college london have developed scanning techniques that show what is written on the papyrus that a sarcophagus case is made from. 0ur science correspondent pallab ghosh has this exclusive report. the hieroglyphics found in the tombs of the pharaohs show the lives of the ancient egyptians, but the paintings are what the rich and powerful wanted the people to know. they are the propaganda of their time. but now there's a wealth of information about ordinary pe

police say the incident took place on a notoriously dangerous stretch of the main road between eldoretea on the highway in recent weeks. south korean authorities have seized a second ship suspected of supplying oil to north korea in violation of international sanctions. the panama—flagged tanker is being held at a port near the western city of pyeongtaek. south korea has already impounded a hong kong—registered ship, the lighthouse winmore, that it suspects of secretly transferring 600 tonnes of refined oil to a north korean vessel. the sacked president of catalonia, carles puigdemont, has used a new year message to urge the spanish government to reinstate his regional government. elections a week ago gave pro—independence parties a slim majority. mr puigdemont insisted he was still the president of catalonia but spain's prime minister, mariano rajoy, described the claim as absurd. bill hayton reports. carles puigdemont is a fugitive in exile. he still faces criminal charges in spain over catalonia's unilateral declaration of independence. but regional elections ten days ago gave a nar

the bus was carrying people to the capital, nairobi, when the accident happened on the nakuru—eldoret than 100 people have died in the last few weeks on that stretch of road alone. ian palmer reports. few survived the crash. first—responders searched twisted metal to help and recover the injured, the dying and the dead. police say the number of people killed on this dangerous stretch of road has risen to 100 for the month of december alone. the east african country has one of the worst road—safety records in the world. it's either the brakes failed, or the driver, for one reason or the other, was unable to control the vehicle. you never know what happens at night. both drivers died in the head—on collision. officials say 3000 people die in road accidents each year in kenya. the world health organisation says the true figure could be as high as 12,000. ian palmer, bbc news. criminal gangs who claim benefits underfalse identities are to be targeted by the government using artificial intelligence. the department for work and pensions says it will use sophisticated computer programming to

and games and you're sure to attract a crowd of young people in poor neighborhoods like this one in eldoret, kenya but behind the festivities is a serious mission: providing teens with information about and help with birth control. in a nearby tent, health workers offer contraception for anyone that requests it. the preferred method? injectables which can stave off pregnancy for up to four years. it's all sponsored by marie stopes international, a british- based healthcare charity that works in 37 developing countries aid agencies providing reproductive health services say that work is critical to curb some of the world's fastest population growth rates. kenya, for example, is not the fastest in africa and yet its population has more than doubled over the last 25 years. marie stopes had received about $30 million annually worldwide from the u.s. government to do its work, but all of that was cut last january when president trump reinstated the so called mexico city rule, which its critics call the global gag rule. the reagan administration instituted the policy in 1984, following a mexico c

the crash happened on a notoriously dangerous stretch of the main road between eldoret and nakuru. area in recent weeks. criminal gangs who claim benefits under a false identity are to be targeted by the government using artificial intelligence. the department for work and pensions says it will use sophisticated computer programming to detect fraud taking place to claim universal credit and jobseeker‘s allowance. political leaders have been reflecting on the past 12 months in their new year's messages, with theresa may calling 2017 a "year of progress" for the uk. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, said the hope of a new britain is closer than ever. with more, here's our political correspondent, emma va rdy. after a political year dominated by brexit, it's no surprise the subject played a key part in theresa may's new year's message. she said the government has pursued our brexit objectives with steady purpose and progress will continue in 2018 as the talks move on to trade. but not for the first time, theresa may made clear she wants to be more than madame brexit. making a success