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Open defecation: Where villagers fear devils, toilets more than cholera
Salah Kuno fell unconscious after a bout of diarrhoea in Tana River, where people…
Kenya’s free healthcare is working… but not for everyone, everywhere
The Social Health Authority (SHA) is a system in partial motion. Here…
The hidden cost of unemployment: Depression and anxiety among young men
Fear of being seen as weak is driving young men away from…
Why footballers are one injury away from poverty, debts & broken families
“For six months, porridge prepared on a big sufuria (cooking pot) was my breakfast,…
Grabbed, stalled, forgotten: How Nairobi is losing its crucial clinics
From Parklands to Lucky Summer to Pumwani, the story is the same:…
Born tiny & cold: How Ksh50 handmade hats, socks are saving preterm babies
A women's knitting group in Kilifi County is doing what health budgets failed…
Sun, soil and scalpel: How this Kenyan hospital powers, feeds itself, produces own oxygen
From a solar-powered oxygen plant to a farm that feeds the wards,…
Seaweed sanitary pads: How Malawian innovator found answers to period poverty in the ocean
“Kenya borders an ocean with seaweed often treated as waste,” says innovator…
Sisters, stories & science: How Nigerian researcher is bringing STI and HIV care closer to women, girls
Dr Airat Bakare watched antiretroviral drugs scar fertility. Now she’s walking into schools with…
