Listening as medicine: How patients’ stories result in better treatment
Medics often ignore a patient’s narration of worries, culture and stress, yet their hypertension…
Kenya’s TB health workers left in crisis after 15 months without pay
The Ministry of Health, the Council of Governors (CoG), and the National…
Free SHA ambulances to enable Kenyans get medical care without cash deposits
The service will cover emergencies such as cardiac arrest, head injuries, unconsciousness, shock,…
In the Hands of the Healers: Kenya’s herbal medicine stories
In Nairobi’s estates and in quiet rural villages, men and women are…
Lost in Prescription: Why doctors have bad handwriting
Poor handwriting leads to illegible prescriptions with serious consequences: overdosing, underdosing, misdiagnoses,…
New bill slaps Ksh50 million fine, 10 years in jail for medical negligence
Kenya’s Quality Healthcare and Patient Safety Bill 2025 aims to end preventable…
No Ambulances? No Problem: How bicycles became Busia’s mobile malaria clinics
Community Health Promoters on bicycles now reach more homes with malaria tests,…
From Memes to Medicine: Rwanda’s AI saving mums, babies
In South Africa, HIV self-testing is via WhatsApp chatbot—no clinic, no awkwardness,…
Dollars, Diaspora, Degrees: Why Kenyan nurses are packing suitcases
Kenyan nurses who seek greener pastures abroad are usually the best, the…
HIV: ‘The big disease with a small name,’ 25 years on!
Prof. Dorothy Mbori-Ngacha reflects on the early HIV/AIDS crisis in Kenya, marked…
