Rosa Agutu

Rosa Agutu writes for the Standard Health

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The journey to being a doctor is not for the poor or faint-hearted

By Rosa Agutu 2024-04-29 20:50:00

Stillbirth: The pain of mothers leaving maternity without their babies

According to the World Health Organisation, Kenya’s stillbirth rate is currently at 22 deaths for every 1,000 births.

By Rosa Agutu 2024-05-18 20:00:00

Antibiotic resistance a silent pandemic killing millions worldwide

In Africa, the possibility of being sick or dying from diseases that are resistant to drugs has been spiking in recent years, posing a headache to health experts and systems.

By Rosa Agutu 2024-08-26 20:50:00

Antibiotic resistance a silent pandemic killing millions worldwide

In Africa, the possibility of being sick or dying from diseases that are resistant to drugs has been spiking in recent years, posing a headache to health experts and systems.

By Rosa Agutu 2024-08-26 20:50:00

Blood spots on baby girl's diapers? False menses it is

It happens when a baby is exposed to high levels of sex hormones, like oestrogen during the gestation period. It usually occurs within the first few days to the first two weeks after birth.

By Rosa Agutu 2024-08-26 20:59:00

Blood spots on baby girl's diapers? False menses it is

Delivering Hope: Birth and survival in Tana River's IDP camps

For some women in Tana River County, delivering underwater during floods was an aberrant experience that came without the comfort of a choice.

By Rosa Agutu 2024-09-16 13:04:00

Delivering Hope: Birth and survival in Tana River's IDP camps

Painful experience of being an intersex in Kenya

Imagine growing up a girl, then realising, at adolescence, that you do not have a uterus or any reproductive structure that defines a woman.

By Rosa Agutu 2024-09-23 16:00:00

Painful experience of being an intersex in Kenya

Kenya confirms 4 polio cases as vaccination campaign kicks off

Kenya has confirmed four new polio cases in children in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Turkana West sub county.

By Rosa Agutu 2024-09-30 10:58:12

Kenya confirms 4 polio cases as vaccination campaign kicks off

My son's kidney saved my life

In 2019 Michael Kiarie was diagnosed with kidney disease. He was put on medication but in 2021 the kidney complications worsened and he was out on dialysis two times a week.

By Rosa Agutu 2024-10-29 12:50:42

Freedom heroes who led struggle outside the forest

Apart from the Mau Mau and other fighters who went to the forest, hundreds of Kenyans fought in various ways. Some provided intelligence, food and weapons.

By Rosa Agutu 2024-12-12 00:10:00