Treating cough, not the cry: How Kenya’s TB patients cope with isolation, panic attacks, economic stress
Depression and suicidal thoughts haunt thousands of TB patients during the six…
EXCLUSIVE | From ambulance bay to isolation ward: Inside Kenyatta National Hospital’s ‘Ebola Unit’
Treating Ebola is not simply a matter of isolation. The disease can…
SHA foreign treatment cover: What you need to know
Thirty-six conditions. Nine hospitals. Three countries. The government's new foreign treatment list…
Desks Before Diapers: How education cuts early pregnancies, HIV infection in girls
The real cost of early pregnancy, HIV and gender-based violence among young people in East Africa…
Inside Kenya’s goitre belt, women bear the burden of a hidden salt crisis
While iodised salt fortification has reached 99 per cent of households, goitre…
Understanding Ebola Virus Disease: The symptoms, species, and science behind it
Although Ebola remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases, experts say…
One year after USAID freeze, Kenya’s health system still counts the cost
While drug supplies have stabilised over the past year, patients who faced…
Ebola has exposed Kenya’s biggest health lie: A crisis of trust and transparency
The idea of a specialised infectious disease centre should not have come…
50 Years of Ebola: How Uganda stopped the virus in four hours, what Kenya must learn
Uganda has built one of the region’s most responsive surveillance and emergency…
Neonatal sepsis: Why 1970s antibiotics are making a comeback for babies
Neonatal sepsis is a leading cause of newborn deaths in developing countries.…
