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SHA & Means-Testing: How cost of your healthcare depends on what you own
Kenya's new insurance formula is watching your assets, not your payslip. Here…
SHA’s biggest challenge isn’t the poor, but earners who refuse to pay
From file-opening fees to mystery charges, the confusion around what SHA covers…
Vaccines drive: Will Africa buy what Africa makes?
Building vaccine factories on the continent is only half the challenge. The…
Clicks, likes & lies: Social media is Kenya’s king of news, but misinformation is stealing the show
As social media overtakes television as the top source of news, health…
The ship, Hantavirus, no vaccine: Why Kenya is watching outbreak closely
A cruise ship carrying 147 people from 23 countries has just reported…
Not grown, but gone: Why Kenya’s costliest export is not tea or flowers … but nurses
How Kenya's hospitals are losing their best nurses to a world that…
Kenya went digital with health, but did we lock patient data?
The Social Health Authority (SHA) holds data on 27 million patients across…
Wrong info, wrong outcome: Why good health journalism is more than storytelling
From a world-first facial reconstruction to snakebite antivenom, Dr Mercy Korir argues that what…
Africa’s growing immunisation gap, slow progress and the children paying the price
In Africa, about 800,000 lives are saved every year through immunisation. Yet despite these gains,…
