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Malaria

Kenyan children are dying in a malaria diagnostic blind spot

As she stepped out of the house to do her laundry, Millicent Achieng left her seven-year-old boy playing with his friends in Nyalenda Estate in Kisumu County. When she returned to the house, the boy was convulsing violently. Over a period of five months and three referral hospitals, doctors...

Sheila Sendeyo Returns to Her Depth

During her stint at NTV, Sheila Sendeyo’s reporting stood out for one thing: her captivating scripts. The subjects she took on – environment, climate change and human rights violations – would have been banal and nondescript had it not been for Ms Sendeyo’s craft. Global health, the subject...

Maternal health

Kenya introduced “enhanced” maternity care in Social Health Authority. Then deliveries in hospitals declined.

The rate of deliveries in level 4 and 5 hospitals—health facilities designed and equipped to handle maternal emergencies—has decreased by more than 87,000 since 2023, an analysis by Defrontera shows. Data from the Kenya Health Information System between 2020 and 2025 showed that the steepest decline...