Latest Children's Health News
Beyond the lab: The race to have GBS vaccines reach every mother, everywhere
For low-income countries, life-saving vaccines often arrive decades late. Scientists are now…
Together from the start: Tanzania unveils Zero Separation Care for mothers and newborns
A key inclusion in the unit is a Kangaroo Father Care (KFC)…
The first 90 days: The slim window to shield newborns from sepsis, pneumonia, meningitis
Carried silently by millions of women, Group B Strep can turn a…
From Womb to Ward: How hidden bacteria in pregnancy invade a baby’s lungs, blood & brain
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is Kenya's silent killer: undetected, undocumented, and invisible…
Hope for Tiny Hearts: County acts to combat childhood heart diseases
SHA covers hospital accommodation charges and open-heart surgery up to a maximum…
‘My daughter couldn’t stand, climb stairs, hold a mug’
A cough and numbness led to panic, paralysis and a polymyositis diagnosis, a rare…
‘Our baby weighed 800 grams’: How fathers are helping preterm babies survive
Men at the coast culturally never got involved in Kangaroo Mother Care,…
“Will I get to see my grandchildren?” A mother’s sickle cell journey and the power of early diagnosis
Sickle cell disease in western Kenya is frequently misdiagnosed as malaria or pneumonia, leading…
Close to the heart: How Kangaroo Mother Care is saving Kenya’s tiniest babies
For many preterm babies, Kangaroo Mother Care is the difference between life…
