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Mutugi: Health personnel gaps that hinder universal coverage

Ensure all experts are well paid, are free of burnout and have opportunity to study to PhD level.

5 years ago

Are we doing enough to attain zero tolerance to FGM/C?

FGM/C has been studied and researched to detail over the years. A lot is documented for our reading and understanding.

5 years ago

A Big World Win in the Fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases

By Solomon Mwaniki (WASH Project Officer) and Peter Waka (Programme Director, WASH, and NTDs), Amref Health Africa Neglected tropical diseases…

5 years ago

Technology is sure to turn the tide on our health woes

By GITHINJI GITAHI It’s Wednesday August 16, 2079. Turning over in bed, Carl, 74, reaches for his phone. He holds…

5 years ago

Contradictions, denial bad for sexual health campaign

By PROFESSOR MARION MUTUGI Matters reproductive health are in the media, courtesy of the recent ICPD conference, and the discourse…

5 years ago

Contraceptives aren’t just about population

According to the Ministry of Health, an estimated 62 per cent of Kenyan women use modern family planning methods, making…

5 years ago

We can protect dignity through sanitation

Although we are more open about erstwhile taboo subjects than we were a generation ago, it is still easier to…

5 years ago

A Toilet Story

Deep in an idyllic village off the Malindi-Mombasa highway, in a place cool with the shade and sway of trees,…

5 years ago

OPINION: We must accelerate an end to FGM/C

Every 11 seconds a girl somewhere in the world will go through female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C.)  The procedure is often…

5 years ago

Making Zero Gender-Based Violence a Reality Through Structured Community Dialogue

Violence against women and girls remains a huge global problem that impacts the day-to-day lives of millions of girls and…

5 years ago