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Peter Kimoi is at the local dispensary at Kasei Location In West Pokot County, but neither he nor his family is sick. He's the assistant chief of Kasei and is eagerly awaiting the outcome of a woman in labour in the health facility and attending a community meeting to discuss making Kasei the...
Whenever disease-causing germs meet humankind, the interaction follows a predictable pattern: the person falls ill, and their body tries to fight and eliminate the germ. If the individual is lucky enough to reach a hospital and has strong immunity, they may survive the battle. In some instances...
West Pokot has had the highest rate of malnutrition in Kenya, but goat farming and health education through support groups for mothers are making a dent, leading not just to healthier families, but also to better livelihoods.
KIBERA, NAIROBI — She walks down an open sewer, holding a blue lab specimen transport box, her straight-cut trousers slipped inside her black rubber boots. Two similarly attired scientists on her team snap on gloves and masks and stand beside the open sewer running through a tight street in Kibera...
The US government, Kenya’s biggest financier for family planning, has reduced global health funding in its next year’s budget by another $4.3 billion, and in the document, Kenya has been singled out as not receiving any contraceptives from the US. The Fiscal Year 2027 budget request states that “The...
Kenya has launched an urgent push to curb maternal and newborn deaths after identifying 26 high-burden counties where most deaths occur. A document from the Ministry of Health, seen by Defrontera, shows the counties met four criteria as guided by data in the Kenya Health Information System for the...