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The Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) is the holy grail that guides policymakers, researchers, and donors in determining and designing health...
As a mother of four, Phoebe Adhiambo prides herself on having conquered the jitters of new motherhood. Not every discomfort sends her into panic or...
Defrontera reports on healthcare in Kenya, the innovation and politics, and how it all affects you. Subscribe to our newsletter, The Evidence, for...
Kenya is facing a contraceptive shortage, Defrontera has established, following the withdrawal of US and donor-backed funding—even as Washington...
The Global Fund will give Kenya the funds to purchase lenacapavir—an injection given twice a year to people who are HIV-negative to prevent infection...
After years of abuse, donors from Europe and the United States have scrapped allowances and per diems for government employees attending events...
It was the blood-curdling wailing of a woman grieving the death of her son that finally put fear into Lucy Nauru’s heart. For more than a week, 24...
Kenya has allowed the use of a drug that prevents excessive bleeding, the biggest killer of mothers during childbirth, to be administered at all...
Measles, a virus labelled as “the world’s most contagious” by health experts, is endemic in Kenya—meaning it is now part of the diseases that...
Kenya is staring at a debilitating health funding crisis after members of parliament cut the Ministry of Health’s budget by 36% at a time when the...
At the beginning of the year, Kenya — a country with a national HIV prevalence of 3.3% — had plans to provide HIV care and treatment for the year 2025...
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...
