Beyond the surgeon’s skill: What keeps a child safe on the operating table
With so few paediatric anaesthesiologists in the country, thousands of Kenyan children…
A life beyond the crisis: One survivor’s story and the case for early support
After surviving a suicide attempt, Sammy Kibiwott rebuilt his life and became…
Auditory verbal therapy: How children with hearing loss learn to listen, speak
Hearing devices let children detect sound, but understanding speech is a different…
Trapped periods: When menstrual blood has nowhere to go in the body
Hematometrocolpos is a rare but treatable condition in which menstrual blood gets trapped between…
How stigma, self-treatment & slow health systems put vulnerable men at risk
In many homes, men endure chest pains, night sweats and shame, treating…
Where persons with disabilities, pregnant or elderly are carried…or climb 14 floors for public services
For two years, a broken lift and missing ramp at Prosperity House…
A childhood between injections: Growing up with Type 1 diabetes in Kenya
Kenya’s paediatric diabetes burden is far larger than many realise. For children…
Ian Baraka: The boy who lost half his face & lived to smile again
The seven-year-old was shot by cattle rustlers, presenting surgeons with a medical…
Hearing loss in children: What every parent needs to know
Why undetected hearing loss in newborns is a growing concern in Kenya:…
SHA will work better if making payments is simpler, clearer and fairer
A boda boda rider's earnings shift daily, while a farmer waits months between harvests.…
