Fasting, faith & blood sugar: How to manage diabetes during Ramadhan
The commonest complication during fasting is low blood sugar, characterised by trembling, sweating, palpitations,…
Kenya’s GBS challenge: A vaccine is coming, but will it reach the last mile?
The hardest part of making a vaccine is not the science. It…
GBS and newborn meningitis: Why Kenya’s data tells only part of the story
GBS is hiding in plain sight. The data does not show it.…
GBS: The hidden bacteria driving maternal sepsis and stillbirths, yet rarely tested
Each year, 134,000 babies are born prematurely in Kenya, which has no…
Maternal vaccine to curb stillbirths, preterm babies now within reach
Instead of catching Group B Streptococcus (GBS) bacteria during labour, a vaccine given…
Less time, less pain: New radiotherapy technology sparks hope for cancer patients
Prostate cancer patients required up to eight weeks of radiotherapy, but with the new…
H. pylori, alcohol and smoking linked to rising cancer risk in Kenya, new study shows
Kenya records about 44,726 new cancer cases every year, with approximately 29,317…
‘Trust the HPV vaccine’, government tells parents as cervical cancer plan rolls out nationally
Most women with cervical cancer in Kenya present in stages three and…
Moving less, eating worse: How early screening reverses spike in diabetes cases
‘If you are malnourished in childhood, the pancreas may not develop well,…
Door-to-door: How CHPs are winning war against maternal anaemia
‘Most women don’t even know they are anaemic until they start feeling…
