Diagnosed late, treated last: Why cancer patients in Kenya face poorer odds
Kenya doesn't have unusually high cancer rates. What it has is a system that…
The longest shadow: How childhood hunger shapes brain health decades later
A landmark Kenyan brain study finds childhood malnutrition may harm ageing minds…
SHIF billions: How one hospital gets over Ksh1 billion, another less than 3,000
Counties with national referral hospitals, teaching institutions and specialist private hospitals dominate…
Kenya’s free healthcare is working… but not for everyone, everywhere
The Social Health Authority (SHA) is a system in partial motion. Here…
Hidden pregnancies: Alone at 14, giving birth in the bush, surrounded by dogs at night
A teenage mother is a child carrying a child in a body…
Adolescent antenatal care: Where Kenya’s youngest mothers are under 14 years
Kenya recorded 235,938 adolescent pregnancies in 2025. Behind that number are girls…
SHA Town Hall: It was three hours, one microphone & questions no one could dodge
Kenyans learnt that the Social Health Authority (SHA) has over 160 registered…
Five battles, one crisis: What the infectious diseases scoreboard tells us about the world’s health
New WHO data shows that an estimated 1.3 million people acquired HIV in 2024,…
Qualified, jobless & leaving: Why Africa’s growing health workforce is not reaching patients
A new report says Africa is training more health workers than ever,…
How to add your spouse to the SHA portal
More than a year after the Social Health Authority (SHA) replaced the…
