Global Health Journalism that Informs Decisions
The Ministry of Health (MOH) of Kenya has finalised plans to rotate first-line malaria treatments, as growing evidence shows that the country’s most...
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...
Michael Oluoch had always rubbished his cough as normal because of the dust he inhales at his work as a manual labourer on construction sites. In...
The pain began slowly: a strange, interminable fatigue, then aching and swelling of the legs. The pain grew, forcing her to go to Kajiado County...
Kenya has begun to rollout a breakthrough drug for HIV prevention. The move would be a game changer in the country’s battle against HIV, health...
To test a hypothesis, I asked five people — two adults above 30, a 6-year-old, and teenagers — a question: “Which is the world’s deadliest animal?”...
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...
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...
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...
Joel Owino, 52, says his body is fading away, partly due to his two-year battle with tuberculosis (TB). Mr. Owino, who was born in Simenya village in...
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...
All U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) staff have been placed on administrative leave globally, in a brief message posted on the...
