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Hiding in plain sight: Inside Kenya’s 10-year march to defeating kala-azar
Asymptomatic patients and climate change silently drive 70 per cent of new…
GBS: The hidden bacteria driving maternal sepsis and stillbirths, yet rarely tested
Each year, 134,000 babies are born prematurely in Kenya, which has no…
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…
Maternal vaccine to curb stillbirths, preterm babies now within reach
Instead of catching Group B Streptococcus (GBS) bacteria during labour, a vaccine given…
From routine surgery to fatal infection: Kenya’s battle with antibiotic resistance
AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites stop responding to medicines…
Geography of pain: Why Kenyans rush to herbalists, not hospitals, after snakebite
Limping to traditional healers feeds a silent epidemic claiming 4,000 lives and…
SHA should move from bold promises to beds, bills & better care
Unlicensed clinics thrive when people lack access to proper care or can't…
Meat, Milk & Eggs: How Kenya’s small-scale farmers sit at the frontline of antimicrobial resistance
Humans, animals, and the environment share microbes, medicines, and health outcomes; fixing…
Less time, less pain: New radiotherapy technology sparks hope for cancer patients
Prostate cancer patients required up to eight weeks of radiotherapy, but with the new…
