Celebrating the unsung heroes of the Kenyan health system. During this Covid-19 pandemic, there is a group of heroes who have bore the brunt of the pandemic and witnessed its ravaging effects firsthand. Heroes and heroines who live right in the community providing basic disease preventative and control services. Men and women who, for the …
As the Covid-19 second wave hits the country, Kenyans should be wary of its devastating effects and check its spread before it ravages our population. If people do not take this second wave seriously it could mean increased chances for higher infections, deaths and other losses suffocating our health systems and slowing down our economic …
Before an outbreak of infectious diseases like cholera, typhoid, dysentery and lately COVID-19, most people didn’t consider hand -washing a very important and healthy exercise in their lives. In most rural communities, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced people to learn better ways to wash their hands at all times as an important step to stopping …
According to Centre for Disease Control and Protection (CDC) and the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kenya has an estimated 3.5 million new clinical cases and over 10,700 deaths from malaria annually. The report further says that cases in Western Kenya are more prevalent, hence the need for households to practice Malaria control methods as …