Pandemic Memories: A family’s recollection of its COVID-19 ordeal
Both parents were suffering from covid-19 in 2020.
The family thanks Ministry of Health for the regular guidelines on the virus containment.
Nairobi county is conducting a covid-19 vaccination drive in schools.
Attaining herd immunity termed essential...
Why teachers should support children battling heart-related diseases
Sinaida Ayodi started playing football in her early life in primary school.
Her passion for the game grew so much that she knew she would be a female footballer star in Kenya and Africa.
Her interest...
New report reveals worrying HIV infections among adolescents, MSMs
At least 18.2 percent of new HIV infections recorded in 2022 were from men who have sex with other men (MSM), a new report by the National Syndemic Diseases Control Council (NSDCC) has revealed.
NSDCC...
Dignity in Death: An up-close with a passionate mortician, Tik-Toker
Women are marginalized and renowned for taking up the easiest roles and ways out; nevertheless, more and more women are taking up challenging roles and truly thriving in them!
In the spirit of celebrating...
HEALTH: Kenyan mothers hail world’s first malaria vaccine
In 2015, Brigit Atieno from Homabay county lost her two-year-old son, who succumbed to malaria.
For the 40-year-old mother of three, delay in seeking medical assistance for her late son cost his life.
“It was late...
Food insecurity, diseases, the true cost of climate change
The persistent absence of sufficient rain in Kenya for the past several seasons continues to have more effects on humans.
In Kiambu County, it has caused most residential areas to become dusty, and the soil...
Integrating traditional medicine in health systems key to attaining UHC
By Harriet Ng’ok
Inadequate access to and cost of modern medicines and drugs to treat and manage diseases in middle- and low-income countries, especially in Africa, may have contributed to the widespread use of traditional...
World’s first malaria vaccine expansion set to save more children’s lives
Malaria remains a primary cause of childhood illness and death in Africa.
Data from World Health Organization denotes that over 476,000 child deaths are recorded every year.
World’s first malaria vaccine, RTS,S/AS01 (commercial name Mosquirix), has, however,...
The Contemporary Woman; too noble to push?
At 43 weeks of her pregnancy, Terry Nyambura, 21 years old, walked into Thika Level 5 Hospital for a checkup seeing that normally, most pregnancies run to a maximum of 40 weeks.
“It seemed to...
How Meet and Treat Outreach program is saving patients’ lives
Most of the time, we have been ignoring the home grounds, thinking they are near the hospital and that patients can access the facility anytime, but we were wrong. We saw about 150 patients...
