Treating cough, not the cry: How Kenya’s TB patients cope with isolation, panic attacks, economic stress
Depression and suicidal thoughts haunt thousands of TB patients during the six…
One year after USAID freeze, Kenya’s health system still counts the cost
While drug supplies have stabilised over the past year, patients who faced…
Neonatal sepsis: Why 1970s antibiotics are making a comeback for babies
Neonatal sepsis is a leading cause of newborn deaths in developing countries.…
Inside the errors, scams and lapses in mass closure of health facilities
Closure of over 900 healthcare facilities by KMPDC uncovers conflict of interest,…
When grass runs out: How herders are learning to outsmart the weather
Incomes up 41 per cent. Birth weights doubled. Twenty thousand households in their sights.…
Empty wards, full pockets: How looted millions drained a county’s healthcare
Former Migori Governor Okoth Obado embezzled Ksh428.6 million, which could have financed essential drugs,…
Inside Kenya’s bold plan to address floods, drought, climate disasters
The climate strategy has linked the rising burden of vector-borne diseases, food…
Antibiotic resistance threatening health globally, new report finds
Low- and middle-income countries bear the heaviest burden of antimicrobial resistance due…
Concrete Childhood: How missing playgrounds in schools stunt children’s health
For games and sports, the 4,600 pupils at Mwiki Primary School use…
Too Many Pupils, Too Little Space: How overcrowded schools endanger children
Overcrowding has led to stampede fatalities besides hospitalisations after diarrhoeal outbreaks. But…
