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It was a hemorrhagic stroke, in which a blood vessel in the…
National Hospitals: How to keep the heart of Kenya’s healthcare beating
Kenya’s top hospitals are a paradox: cutting-edge surgeries and world-class doctors navigating…
The Dirty 4: How faeces, food, flies & fingers fuel spread of cholera
For 48 hours, she fought silently: the vomiting, the crushing weakness. By…
Fibroids: They crush a woman’s libido, risk miscarriage… & witchcraft is not to blame
Fibroids hijack pregnancies—triggering infertility, premature labour, placental abruption, stunted fetal growth and…
Silent Arsenal: Health research the secret weapon against sneaky diseases
The local health facilities at the devolved units in Northern Kenya, for…
Miraa & Muguka: A recipe for stroke, ruined teeth, depression & mouth cancer
Out of 32, the man has only four teeth left- all stained…
Breakthrough Treatment: Is new gene therapy the way to go for sickle cell patients in Kenya?
About 14,000 Kenyans are born with sickle cell disease annually — tiny…
Maternity to Medals: How Kenya’s athletes break more world records after childbirth
Pregnancy was once the career finish line of Kenyan athletes—until Catherine Ndereba…
Flowers, Screams & Coffins: Unmasking men in Kenya’s femicide crisis
Sylvia Kemunto’s death was the fallout of fragile egos, buried emotions, a…
Abortion Pills: Swallow, bleed, breathe, move on with life
When the bleeding stopped, Doreen thought it was over. She was wrong.…
