Yvonne Kawira

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Logging off: Why some Kenyans are collapsing in tree-hugging marathons 

Pastor James Irungu's marathon tree hug for cancer awareness ended after 79…

Inside Gates Foundation $9 billion plan to save mothers, children, fight poverty, disease  

Priority areas include maternal health, polio eradication, vaccine development, and use of…

Dyslexia: Kids with ‘Learning Disorder’ are not cursed, don’t need cleansing rituals   

Dyslexia where pupils write ‘doy’ instead of ‘boy’ is genetic besides exposure…

Dr Andrew Owuor: Helping smokers kick the habit starts with compassion, not criticism 

Dr Andrew Owuor, a chest specialist and Acting Head of the Respiratory…

Slow Burn: How tobacco, cigarettes set the stage for deadly cancers  

Cigarettes and tobacco products contain 17 well-known carcinogens, alongside other toxic compounds whose cancer-causing…

Hooked: The hidden mechanics of nicotine addiction and the journey to recovery 

In this episode of Lifeline Dialogues, Dr Mercy Korir sits with Dr Mercy Karanja,…

Millie Odhiambo’s lone crusade for Kenya’s childless 

Millie recalls how former Taita Taveta Woman Rep Joyce Lay broke down…

From Pain to Purpose: How one woman’s battle with endometriosis sparked a movement 

At 40, endometriosis had already stolen her ovaries, her fertility, and nearly her sense…

Infertility: New Bill births hope for childless couples, bans paid surrogacy

The Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill aims to devolve fertility services across all…

Roundtable charts Africa’s own path to health funding 

“We must learn from what has worked, what has failed, and what…

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