Pharmacists without jobs, patients without pharmacists: Kenya’s medicine access paradox
Of 6,000 registered pharmacists, fewer than half renew their licences. Most work…
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…
Wajir Ebola scare tests negative, but Kenya’s 21-day watch continues
A suspected Ebola case in Wajir County has tested negative, but Kenya’s bigger test lies in Nairobi,…
Born in a Cave, Retiring Unpaid: Robert Aule’s three decades delivering babies
For three decades, Robert Aule has delivered Tiroko Ward’s babies, often under…
Kenya’s first Ebola case puts border counties on high alert
As Kenya buries its first Bundibugyo Ebola patient, Busia and other border…
Out of stock, out of choices: Why Kenya’s contraceptive crisis demands urgent action
Pills have run out in clinics across the country, and women are…
From text to treatment: How AI phone messages can cut maternal mortality in Africa
Mothers can now flag danger signs by SMS, and health promoters are…
Kenya confirms first Ebola death as airport screening comes under scrutiny
A Kenyan man who fell ill in Congo crossed Uganda by road,…
How Kenya is building a health system that can stand without crutches
Four years into reform, Dr Ouma Oluga says financing, workforce and local…
Why medicine factories alone won’t heal Africa
Africa wants to make 60 per cent of its health products by…
