Can Duale be Another John Michuki for the Environment?

By Daniel Otunge On Wednesday, October 30, 2024, I keenly followed Jeff Koinange’s wide-ranging conversations with Environment Cabinet Secretary (CS) Hon. Aden Bare Duale on the JK Live Show. During the show, CS Duale said many things that got me thinking seriously about environmental management in Kenya. For example, he promised to clean up the […]
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Innovative Ubuntu-Afya Kiosks Transforming Primary Health Care in Kenya

Innovative Ubuntu-Afya Kiosks Transforming Primary Health Care in Kenya By Gift Briton The morning sunlight casts a golden glow over the rocky landscape of Lake Victoria’s Mfangano Island in Homabay County as Siprine Wanjoro walks purposefully towards a community medical centre with her six-week-old baby cradled in her arms like a delicate treasure. As she […]
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Kenya: New Road Safety Initiative to Protect School Children Unveiled

Kenya: New Road Safety Initiative to Protect School Children Unveiled By Samwel Doe Ouma A road safety initiative aimed at improving pedestrian infrastructure and ensuring safe and healthy journeys for school going children has been launched in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. The initiative, Safe and healthy journeys to school, funded by the FIA Foundation in partnership […]
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Low Awareness, Economic Burden Hindering Palliative Care Uptake in Kenya

Low Awareness, Economic Burden Hindering Palliative Care Uptake in Kenya By Samwel Doe Ouma Despite the growing need for palliative care in Kenya, utilization of these services remains low due to poor public awareness, financial barriers, and inefficiencies in healthcare referral systems. Stakeholders are calling for urgent reforms which include financial protection mechanisms, enhanced public […]
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HIV: Three-month Dapivirine Ring to be Unveiled in 2026

HIV: Three-month Dapivirine Ring to be Unveiled in 2026 By Sharon Atieno With the HIV prevention field focusing on expanding choice for women and long-acting prevention technologies, efforts are underway to roll out a three-month dapivirine vaginal ring by 2026. Jeremy Nutall, Preclinical pharmaceutical development executive, Population Council Center for Biomedical Research, said during the […]
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Global Report to Address Interlinked Environmental Crises

Global Report to Address Interlinked Environmental Crises By Gift Briton In a first of its kind, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), will unveil a global report that seeks to offer policymakers a roadmap and tools to address the intertwined issues of biodiversity, climate change, health, food, and water. IPBES is […]
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Rwanda Receives New Batch of Marburg Treatment

Rwanda Receives New Batch of Marburg Treatment By Joyce Ojanji The Gilead Sciences, an international biopharmaceutical company, in collaboration with the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and Rwanda’s Ministry of Health, has donated 5,100 vials of remdesivir to support the country’s response to the Marburg Virus Disease (MVD). Since the outbreak […]
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