Kenya turns to newborn screening to catch hearing loss before it’s too late
The country's first structured universal newborn hearing screening service is a step towards…
Just Dial 922: Kenya launches first-ever ambulance emergency dispatch centre
One call to the Dispatch Centre connects you to an ambulance, while…
Dr Yaw Bediako: ‘I was interested in biology, medicine, diseases, but disliked hospitals’
Frustrated by Africa's reliance on foreign funding and imported medical solutions, Dr…
Ebola: Seven Americans trigger Kenya’s latest standoff over defied court order
The government says the Ebola isolation facility in Laikipia is not just…
Kenya bans boda bodas from delivering antibiotics, targets fake drugs
Health CS Aden Duale is cracking down on fake and illegal medicines,…
Prof Elizabeth Bukusi: Cadavers almost broke her, she now lifts weights & women’s lives
Prof Elizabeth Bukusi watched patients die without treatment in a border town…
World Cup hangover: How late-night matches leave fans anxious, irritable, mentally foggy
Late-night matches can be dangerous for football fans whose jobs involve operating…
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…
SHA’s race to build an ambulance system that works for every Kenyan
A national ambulance initiative is in the works. Emergency medicine specialists say…
Dr Jacqueline Kitulu: She ran away from a broken system, then returned to fix it
A seven-year-old's hospital stay sparked the dream. A young girl's preventable death…
