If men shun hospitals, why not take clinics to them?
Men are often left out of health programmes designed around women and…
Kenyans ageing faster, but mothers, children dying younger
Kenyans over-60 are set to more than double by 2045. Yet in…
Always sick, ever in hospital: Your baby could have immune disorders since birth
Recurring infections, long hospital stays, and mounting bills are the reality for…
TB is not HIV: The costly confusion driving Kenyans away from care
Community Health Promoters must explain in vernacular that TB is a bacterial…
‘My daughter couldn’t stand, climb stairs, hold a mug’
A cough and numbness led to panic, paralysis and a polymyositis diagnosis, a rare…
Listening as medicine: How patients’ stories result in better treatment
Medics often ignore a patient’s narration of worries, culture and stress, yet their hypertension…
She couldn’t feel her legs, her body shut down … now she walks again!
Shannon, 13, was suffering from polymyositis, in which ‘all the muscles are…
When Love Is a Hospital Bed: Silent crisis of Kenya’s exhausted family caregivers
The blanket of caregiving, stitched with good intentions, often becomes a weight…
Silent Arsenal: Health research the secret weapon against sneaky diseases
The local health facilities at the devolved units in Northern Kenya, for…
From Spouses to Nurses: Meet Kenya’s invisible army of family caregivers
In Kenya, caregivers bear illness’s quiet weight—unseen, unsupported. Women are expected to…
