A new emergency contraception option: What WHO’s guidance means for Kenya
The World Health Organization (WHO) backs mifepristone as emergency contraception. But Kenya…
Pharmacists without jobs, patients without pharmacists: Kenya’s medicine access paradox
Of 6,000 registered pharmacists, fewer than half renew their licences. Most work…
Out of stock, out of choices: Why Kenya’s contraceptive crisis demands urgent action
Pills have run out in clinics across the country, and women are…
Pre-eclampsia: How high blood pressure in pregnancy becomes an emergency
Warning signs of Pre-eclampsia include: severe headache, blurred vision, upper abdominal pain,…
Peripheral neuropathy: Why persistent numbness, burning sensation, should never be ignored
Some illnesses announce themselves loudly, with fever or sudden collapse. Others enter…
Beyond the surgeon’s skill: What keeps a child safe on the operating table
With so few paediatric anaesthesiologists in the country, thousands of Kenyan children…
Trapped periods: When menstrual blood has nowhere to go in the body
Hematometrocolpos is a rare but treatable condition in which menstrual blood gets trapped between…
Bleeding Before Birth: Saving mothers & babies demands teamwork, reliable blood supplies
When a mother starts bleeding before birth, her survival and that of…
A new beginning: Kenya signs Ksh10 billion health deal to save mothers, newborns
Kenya partners with the Beginnings Fund to bring better maternal and newborn…
Cold season, old risks: Kenya vaccinates children against pneumonia, why not their grandparents?
Pneumococcal disease killed nearly 8,000 older Kenyans in a single year. The vaccine that…
