‘My daughter couldn’t stand, climb stairs, hold a mug’
A cough and numbness led to panic, paralysis and a polymyositis diagnosis, a rare…
“Will I get to see my grandchildren?” A mother’s sickle cell journey and the power of early diagnosis
Sickle cell disease in western Kenya is frequently misdiagnosed as malaria or pneumonia, leading…
Living with a rare condition: Cindy’s story and the cost of care
Doctors explained that the baby had to be born first before diverting excess fluid…
CPHIA 2025 confronts challenges of self-reliance as Africa’s health future falls under the microscope
This year’s gathering carried particular significance, coming just ahead of South Africa’s…
How tech and innovation are pushing Africa’s health systems from donor dependence to self-reliance
The continent is in the middle of a health manufacturing revolution driven…
She couldn’t feel her legs, her body shut down … now she walks again!
Shannon, 13, was suffering from polymyositis, in which ‘all the muscles are…
The Missing Paragraph: Cindy’s heartbreaking story of a microdeletion
Microdeletion-which has no cure, is a tiny missing piece from your body's…
Silent Genes, Noisy Battles: Why you should know sickle cell status before starting family
Sickle Cell Disease strikes hardest in malaria-endemic zones in Western Kenya and…
Wahu’s Story: From heartbreak to hope, motherhood, a miracle baby
Women diagnosed with abnormal placentation before birth show fewer complications compared to…
Two Daughters, Two Rare Conditions: How I treat them, is how society will treat them’
‘I haven't met anyone in Africa with the same chromosomal anomaly as…
