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Mothers and their children at the Antenatal clinic Homa Bay County for malaria and other vaccines

Kenya celebrates immunization as more children are reached with RTS,S

23 April 2023

Kenya this week joins the world to commemorate the African Vaccination week (World Immunization Week) as well as the World Malaria Day on April 25, 2023.

On the path to expanding cervical cancer screening in Kenya

04 February 2023

Kenya piloted a community-based cervical cancer screening in 2021 using the human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing to explore ways of effectively scaling up this type of testing across the country.

Christine Kisianan, Student

12 August 2022

12-year-old Christine Kisianan lives in a remote village in Kajiado County, one of the regions in Kenya most affected by the greater Horn of Africa drought, which is in its fourth year.

Helping to break mental health care barriers in Kenya

10 October 2022

In a previous stint as a chemistry teacher Dr Gladys Mwiti could not help but notice flagging performance among her students. She would later discover that the underachievement was largely due to unresolved trauma from poverty, domestic violence and abuse.

Forging a path to universal healthcare

01 August 2022

In 2018, 60-year-old James Kimeu Mulei suffered a badly broken ankle that left him unable to walk after a violent attack. A few years previously, this story could well have ended with a permanent injury that restricted Mulei’s ability to work and live a full life.

Quitting tobacco farming to improve health

01 August 2022

Dr Francis Manyinza, a senior clinician at the Migori County Referral Hospital in southwestern Kenya, wasn’t surprised when lifelong tobacco farmer Petalis Ouma sought medical care for his chronic cough and ever-worsening chest pains.

Reginald Omulo, Bean Farmer

12 August 2022

Reginald Omulo, a farmer in Migori County, Kenya, noticed that the tobacco farming his community practiced was affecting families’ health and well-being.

President Uhuru Kenyatta and WHO Director-General Dr Tedros shake hands at the groundbreaking for launch of the WHO Emergency Hub in Nairobi for workforce development & maintaining stockpiles of medical and logistical supplies

Kenya and WHO launch bold initiative to transform Africa’s health emergency response...

09 July 2022

Kenya, WHO launch bold initiative to transform Africa’s health emergency response

09 July 2022

Brazzaville/Nairobi – The Government of Kenya and the World Health Organization (WHO) held a ground-breaking ceremony today in Nairobi for a WHO Health Emergency Hub, which will include a Centre of Excellence for the Health Emergency Workforce, laying the cornerstone for a wider initiative that aims to change the way the continent handles emergencies.

WHO team in a meeting in Nairobi this week to discuss the critical health response necessitated by the drought and food insecurity crisis in Horn of Africa

WHO intensifies response to looming health crisis in the greater Horn of Africa as ...

30 June 2022

The health risks in the region are increasing, while access to health care is deteriorating

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