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It is time to change the FGM story

By Nice Nailantei At the tender age of eight years, I had to escape from home to avoid undergoing the…

6 years ago

Ensuring Safe Sanitation for all When Nature Calls: What is Needed by 2030?

Today the world celebrates the World Toilet Day whose theme is ‘’when nature calls’’- a metaphor which represents the call…

6 years ago

Pumwani Hospital Incident, a Wakeup Call for Counties on Managing Health Facilities

The recent discovery of 12 dead babies stuffed in polythene bags at Pumwani Hospital is a wakeup call for County…

6 years ago

Introduce Health Education in All Kenyan Primary Schools to Inculcate Hygienic Habits

Today we join the rest of the world in marking Global Hand Washing Day. This year’s theme: “Clean Hands –…

6 years ago

AMREF HEALTH AFRICA: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD

By: Dr. Githinji Gitahi, GCEO, Amref Health Africa Founded in 1957 by Sir Michael Wood, Archibald McIndoe and Tom Rees…

6 years ago

Addressing NCDs to Fast-Track Achievement of Universal Health Coverage

The emerging prevalence of Non–Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and related risk factors may reverse Kenya’s recent gains in health, unless urgent…

6 years ago

Young People Should Be a Main Focus in the Fight against NCDs

Kenya is experiencing an upsurge in the prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) with current estimates showing that NCDs account for…

6 years ago

How Kenyans can take an active role in the attainment of UHC

CURAFA seeks to bridge the gap in primary care service delivery Kenya has over time come a long way in…

6 years ago

A new approach to quality improvement in Kenyan health facilities

Small steps can lead yield big improvements in health service quality Since March of this year, something remarkable has happened…

6 years ago

We need to promote breast feeding to improve maternal and child health

By Lennah Kanyangi, Projects Manager, RMNCAH and Nutrition Programme In May this year, Kenyans came out harshly to criticize a…

6 years ago