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Chebet Birir

Medics bank on new strategy to combat antimicrobial resistance

Antimicrobial resistance is not only a pressing global health and socioeconomic crisis but has significant impacts on human and animal health, food production, and the environment.

Medics bank on new strategy to combat antimicrobial resistance

Battling trypanosomiasis to boost food security in Lambwe

Battling trypanosomiasis to boost food security in Lambwe

When they remember not days: Burden of Dementia

When they remember not days: Burden of Dementia

How micro-organisms in your digestive system affect your overall wellbeing

How micro-organisms in your digestive system affect your overall wellbeing

Former Lancet CEO Kalebi banks on new lab to revolutionise healthcare industry

The new lab represents the future of healthcare, where precision, speed, and reliability meet to provide the best possible care for all.

Former Lancet CEO Kalebi banks on new lab to revolutionise healthcare industry

How noxious work environments are aggravating mental health crisis

According to WHO, of the 60 percent of the world’s population that is in work, an estimated 15 per cent were reported to have a mental disorder in 2019.

How noxious work environments are aggravating mental health crisis

Eyeglasses could boost lifetime earnings by Sh2m

A five-year-old child who receives eyeglasses and who wears them consistently up until they are 18 years old will earn an average of 125 per cent more in their lifetime.

Eyeglasses could boost lifetime earnings by Sh2m

Board launches campaign to help women overcome FGM trauma

The Anti-FGM Board will launch a campaign dubbed “Dear Daughter” in Kajiado county to sensitise mothers to stop passing on the FGM trauma to their daughters.

Board launches campaign to help women overcome FGM trauma

Kajiado county to conduct eye screening to mark World Sight Day

The number of blind people in Kenya has continued to increase even as the government decries the low number of eye specialists

Kajiado county to conduct eye screening to mark World Sight Day

Nutritionists decry being ignored as malnutrition cases soar

Okeyo argues that many nutritionists have not registered their details on the digital database and many have not been licensed, hence cannot easily get employed.

Nutritionists decry being ignored as malnutrition cases soar

Ground-breaking study on Dementia launched in Nairobi

Africa faces unique challenges in addressing Dementia, including limited resources, varying levels of healthcare infrastructure, and a need for greater awareness and education.

By 2 months ago

Ground-breaking study on Dementia launched in Nairobi

Local firms top innovators list in African healthcare

Healthtech consulting firm Salient Advisory has named MYDAWA, Maisha Meds and 22 other health firms as the leading innovators that are transforming healthcare systems across Africa.

By 3 months ago

Local firms top innovators list in African healthcare

We need to talk to our children about climate change

According to UNICEF, approximately 1 billion children are at an 'extremely high risk' of the impacts of the climate crisis.

By 7 months ago

We need to talk to our children about climate change

Former Lancet CEO Kalebi banks on new lab to revolutionise healthcare industry

The new lab represents the future of healthcare, where precision, speed, and reliability meet to provide the best possible care for all.

Former Lancet CEO Kalebi banks on new lab to revolutionise healthcare industry

How noxious work environments are aggravating mental health crisis

According to WHO, of the 60 percent of the world’s population that is in work, an estimated 15 per cent were reported to have a mental disorder in 2019.

How noxious work environments are aggravating mental health crisis

Eyeglasses could boost lifetime earnings by Sh2m

A five-year-old child who receives eyeglasses and who wears them consistently up until they are 18 years old will earn an average of 125 per cent more in their lifetime.

Eyeglasses could boost lifetime earnings by Sh2m

Board launches campaign to help women overcome FGM trauma

The Anti-FGM Board will launch a campaign dubbed “Dear Daughter” in Kajiado county to sensitise mothers to stop passing on the FGM trauma to their daughters.

Board launches campaign to help women overcome FGM trauma

Kajiado county to conduct eye screening to mark World Sight Day

The number of blind people in Kenya has continued to increase even as the government decries the low number of eye specialists

Kajiado county to conduct eye screening to mark World Sight Day

Nutritionists decry being ignored as malnutrition cases soar

Okeyo argues that many nutritionists have not registered their details on the digital database and many have not been licensed, hence cannot easily get employed.

Nutritionists decry being ignored as malnutrition cases soar

Ground-breaking study on Dementia launched in Nairobi

Africa faces unique challenges in addressing Dementia, including limited resources, varying levels of healthcare infrastructure, and a need for greater awareness and education.

By 2 months ago

Ground-breaking study on Dementia launched in Nairobi

Local firms top innovators list in African healthcare

Healthtech consulting firm Salient Advisory has named MYDAWA, Maisha Meds and 22 other health firms as the leading innovators that are transforming healthcare systems across Africa.

By 3 months ago

Local firms top innovators list in African healthcare

We need to talk to our children about climate change

According to UNICEF, approximately 1 billion children are at an 'extremely high risk' of the impacts of the climate crisis.

By 7 months ago

We need to talk to our children about climate change

Former Lancet CEO Kalebi banks on new lab to revolutionise healthcare industry

The new lab represents the future of healthcare, where precision, speed, and reliability meet to provide the best possible care for all.

Former Lancet CEO Kalebi banks on new lab to revolutionise healthcare industry

How noxious work environments are aggravating mental health crisis

According to WHO, of the 60 percent of the world’s population that is in work, an estimated 15 per cent were reported to have a mental disorder in 2019.

How noxious work environments are aggravating mental health crisis

Eyeglasses could boost lifetime earnings by Sh2m

A five-year-old child who receives eyeglasses and who wears them consistently up until they are 18 years old will earn an average of 125 per cent more in their lifetime.

Eyeglasses could boost lifetime earnings by Sh2m

Board launches campaign to help women overcome FGM trauma

The Anti-FGM Board will launch a campaign dubbed “Dear Daughter” in Kajiado county to sensitise mothers to stop passing on the FGM trauma to their daughters.

Board launches campaign to help women overcome FGM trauma

Kajiado county to conduct eye screening to mark World Sight Day

The number of blind people in Kenya has continued to increase even as the government decries the low number of eye specialists

Kajiado county to conduct eye screening to mark World Sight Day

Nutritionists decry being ignored as malnutrition cases soar

Okeyo argues that many nutritionists have not registered their details on the digital database and many have not been licensed, hence cannot easily get employed.

Nutritionists decry being ignored as malnutrition cases soar

Ground-breaking study on Dementia launched in Nairobi

Africa faces unique challenges in addressing Dementia, including limited resources, varying levels of healthcare infrastructure, and a need for greater awareness and education.

By 2 months ago

Ground-breaking study on Dementia launched in Nairobi

Local firms top innovators list in African healthcare

Healthtech consulting firm Salient Advisory has named MYDAWA, Maisha Meds and 22 other health firms as the leading innovators that are transforming healthcare systems across Africa.

By 3 months ago

Local firms top innovators list in African healthcare

We need to talk to our children about climate change

According to UNICEF, approximately 1 billion children are at an 'extremely high risk' of the impacts of the climate crisis.

By 7 months ago

We need to talk to our children about climate change

Why Nairobi mosquitoes don't transmit malaria

You are unlikely to contract malaria in places like Nairobi, as opposed to Kisumu and Mombasa counties, but climate change might alter that soon.

By Chebet Birir 2 years ago

Why Nairobi mosquitoes don't transmit malaria

Kenya conducts first rare heart transplant

The two-hour procedure at Mediheal Hospital in Nairobi took 10 specialists and cost Sh7 million.

By Chebet Birir 2 years ago

Kenya conducts first rare heart transplant

Motherhood changes a woman

It was almost as if I had stepped outside of the confines of selfishness and become free to love another human being without any reservation

By Phoebe Jay 8 years ago

Motherhood changes a woman

My baby has taken over my world

So. My two-year-old is truly a 21st Century kid because she records everything I say with digital speed and hits the playback button before I can say, “Oops!”

By Phoebe Jay 8 years ago

My baby has taken over my world

Anatomy of a bedtime routine

“Yes mum, it is time to go to sleep. Every child in Kenya is dead asleep. Why do you want to be the exception? Huh? Tell me Adoti, why?”

By Phoebe Jay 8 years ago

Anatomy of a bedtime routine

Lessons in my life

These days, all we have to do is look at her funny and she’s flung herself on the ground, thrashing her legs this way and that way, squealing like a lamb on its way to the naughty chair.

By Phoebe Jay 8 years ago

Lessons in my life

Streams of milk but no honey

The world as I have known it has come to an end. Where peace once flowed like a river, there are now streams of milk.

By Phoebe Jay 8 years ago

Streams of milk but no honey

Baby speaks language of my heart

A friend asked me what language Adoti communicates in.

By Phoebe Jay 8 years ago

Baby speaks language of my heart

My baby is a tough client

Week after week I moan and groan about how the girl-child is running me ragged, turning my home into a madhouse and generally causing a ruckus.

By Phoebe Jay 8 years ago

My baby is a tough client

Baby realises she needs me

So. It seems that my sassy, lil’ Miss Independent has realised that for the first nine months of her life, she was literally tethered to her Ma’ by way of an umbilical cord.

By Phoebe Jay 8 years ago

Baby realises she needs me

Baby and I need middle ground

She does not have all her words yet, but communication is not something she grapples with.

By Phoebe Jay 8 years ago

Baby and I need middle ground

Yummy Mummy: Mama will win this war

This child has me by the you-know-whats, you think to yourself. She is the boss of me.

By Phoebe Jay 8 years ago

Yummy Mummy: Mama will win this war

The enduring joy of motherhood

Oh Dear Mother of God. Pray for me now in the hour of my need. My child wants to kill me.

By Phoebe Jay 8 years ago

The enduring joy of motherhood

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