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Kenya Overhauls Health Funding Model After Sh28B Donor Withdrawal

Earlier this year, a quiet administrative order from Washington reached Nairobi and landed with the weight of a blow. The United States government had issued a stop-work order, pulling Sh28 billion from Kenya’s health sector. It was not alone. Within weeks, the United Kingdom and other donors...

Maternal health

Once a Model, Machakos Hospital Now Exposes Gaps in Kenya’s Maternal Healthcare

She lay listless on a small hospital bed with a thin mattress, her back turned to us, as though seeking to shield herself from our gaze or the fresh memories of her botched journey into motherhood. It had started four days earlier when Gladys Wanza*, 18, went into labour. She left her home in...

Hospitals & Corporates

Kenya’s Health Ministry Closed 998 Health Facilities. Defrontera Visited One — It’s Still Open

It’s difficult to miss it. Mwiki Road Hospital’s flashing lights announce its presence on a tower that stands out in the crowded, dust-choked Sunton estate in Kasarani, one of Nairobi’s most populous sub-counties. The facility remains wide open, operating 24 hours a day—despite being among the 998...

Food Systems

A recent government order withdrew 77 toxic pesticides, but Kenyans are not out of harm’s way

It seems that the widespread praise of a government order withdrawing 77 pesticides over safety concerns may have been premature, after all, as questions emerge over enforcement and ambiguity in classification that could allow harmful substances to remain in circulation. A multi-county survey by...

Award winning journalist Paul Wafula Joins Defrontera as Managing Editor

One of the most important goals at Defrontera’s news desk is to provide quality, evidence-based journalism that readers can use to make decisions in their day-to-day lives. Barely a year into the market, we have demonstrated this in our reporting on the impact of USAID on Kenya’s healthcare. Now, we...

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