Michael Ollinga

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Beyond infancy: Malnutrition’s hidden toll on Kenya’s children

In food-rich Embu County, one in five children is malnourished…not from scarcity,…

Malaria’s next threat: How incomplete doses are breeding drug resistance in Africa 

‘When patients fail to complete their recommended doses, only the weaker parasites…

Gates Foundation’s US$1 billion global AI push targets gaps in health, education and access

The two-year global commitment spans health, education, agriculture and digital infrastructure, including…

Fewer jabs, faster cure: New, shorter treatment brings relief to kala-azar patients 

WHO approves a safer, less painful oral pill for East Africa, cutting…

Porridge, patience & pills: Why TB treatment takes months to beat 

Standard TB takes at least six months to treat because its bacteria…

Trust, tradition and two vaccines: How communities are wrestling down malaria burden 

Community health promoters are winning over sceptical families one conversation at a…

Top of class, bottom of budget: Kenya’s child vaccine success now faces big funding test 

Lawmakers argue immunisation deserves the same budget priority as roads and counties,…

Spinal TB: It cost me four years in 10 hospitals, one collapsed marriage

Robert Kula could barely stand. He coughed relentlessly, lost his appetite and so much weight…

Cold season, old risks: Kenya vaccinates children against pneumonia, why not their grandparents? 

Pneumococcal disease killed nearly 8,000 older Kenyans in a single year. The vaccine that…

Behind the headlines: Why journalists break down… after breaking news  

Moses was forced to film attackers mutilating a wounded farmer before dousing piles…

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