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HPV vaccine explained: How one jab helps prevent cervical cancer
Unlike medicines that treat disease, this vaccine prepares the body's defences before…
Why women still succumb to cervical cancer, yet the vaccine is free
Kenya introduced the HPV vaccine in 2019 for girls aged 10 to…
Peripartum cardiomyopathy: When pregnancy breaks the heart
A little-understood condition is weakening and killing mothers across Africa during and…
From Scars to Strength: How cancer survivors are redefining care through compassion
Cancer survivors are turning their own journeys into a lifeline for others,…
The Safest Places Are the Hottest: How rising heat is reshaping motherhood in Kilifi
As temperatures rise, so do the risks of preeclampsia, preterm birth and stillbirth, while…
Prof Anne-Beatrice Kihara: She repeated a year in med school, delivered 40,000 babies, never stopped asking why mothers die
“I got pregnant when I was in medical school at age 22…
Beyond Pap smear: How HPV DNA Testing detects cervical cancer
One swab is all it takes. The test can protect you from…
Fast, Cheap, Deadly: The hidden risk of boda boda transport for pregnant women
Every day, thousands of pregnant women climb onto boda bodas because they have no…
Where Kenya harvests best rice, but worst pregnancy outcomes
The 2022 KDHS data shows three hard truths: rice farms may be harming pregnancies,…
