Michael Ollinga

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Top of class, bottom of budget: Kenya’s child vaccine success now faces big funding test 

Lawmakers argue immunisation deserves the same budget priority as roads and counties,…

Spinal TB: It cost me four years in 10 hospitals, one collapsed marriage

Robert Kula could barely stand. He coughed relentlessly, lost his appetite and so much weight…

Cold season, old risks: Kenya vaccinates children against pneumonia, why not their grandparents? 

Pneumococcal disease killed nearly 8,000 older Kenyans in a single year. The vaccine that…

Behind the headlines: Why journalists break down… after breaking news  

Moses was forced to film attackers mutilating a wounded farmer before dousing piles…

Puffing trouble: Bhang smoking fuels risk of psychotic disorders, depression, anxiety among teens 

One million Kenyans began smoking bhang, with users rising by 90 per…

Why women still succumb to cervical cancer, yet the vaccine is free

Kenya introduced the HPV vaccine in 2019 for girls aged 10 to…

Lenacapavir: Let everyone access HIV prevention jab at Ksh5,200, MSF urges

The World Health Organization-backed game-changing HIV jab costs about KSh3.6 million a…

Some counties in Kenya are ready for Ebola, others pray it never arrives 

Kenya's Ebola preparedness is improving, but the picture remains uneven. In Uasin Gishu, health…

Finance Bill 2026 targets tobacco taxes as WHO warns of rising youth nicotine addiction

Nicotine is highly addictive and particularly harmful to children and adolescents, with…

Disease outbreaks are not the problem; systems that fail to detect them are

From diagnostic gaps to community mistrust, the panel of global health leaders…

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