The hardest goodbye: When Kenyan medics at Ebola frontlines wrote wills, prepared own funerals
Lydia Mukhaye thought about her hubby, her children, the possibility she might never…
Before the first vaccine, there is breast milk
Days-old twins were fed porridge instead of breast milk; one did not…
The lake that gives and cripples: How fluoride scarred a generation in Baringo
In Kambi ya Samaki, survival has long come at a cost. But as defluoridated water begins…
Dementia: It is grief without a funeral, burial without a body
Dementia is quietly dismantling the minds of Kenyans, stealing memory, identity, and independence, while…
Why footballers are one injury away from poverty, debts & broken families
“For six months, porridge prepared on a big sufuria (cooking pot) was my breakfast,…
The Safest Places Are the Hottest: How rising heat is reshaping motherhood in Kilifi
As temperatures rise, so do the risks of preeclampsia, preterm birth and stillbirth, while…
Beyond the Numbers: A decade of data shows Kenya’s children are still dying from preventable causes
Behind every child death lies a chain of missed chances to diagnose…
Prof Anne-Beatrice Kihara: She repeated a year in med school, delivered 40,000 babies, never stopped asking why mothers die
“I got pregnant when I was in medical school at age 22…
Why Mombasa residents keep skipping local clinics, dispensaries
"I cannot imagine going to a level two hospital”, says John Mwangome.…
Five battles, one crisis: What the infectious diseases scoreboard tells us about the world’s health
New WHO data shows that an estimated 1.3 million people acquired HIV in 2024,…
