Why death is more painful, feared by poor Kenyans than the rich
By Gatonye Gathura Kenyans, many who admired the late Bob Collymore’s preparedness for the end, are themselves highly scared of discussing death. “This may be […]
Transgender women record highest HIV risk at Kenya’s Coast
By Gatonye Gathura Transgender women may have the highest HIV incidence among three key populations at Kenya’s Coast, shows a new study. HIV incidence among […]
How aging nurses affect Kenya’s health care – study
By Gatonye Gathura The high number of aging female nurses in Kenya’s health sector may be negatively affecting service delivery, suggests a recent study in […]
Kenya’s Universal Health Coverage piloting ends but what’s the way forward
By Gatonye Gathura The six-month piloting period for Kenya’s Universal Health Coverage (UHC) has ended but there is no word yet from the government […]
County governments demand Global Fund billions – or else
By Gatonye Gathura County governments in Kenya have termed as unacceptable a refusal by Global Fund to channel its money directly to the devolved units. […]
Kenya’s health ministry goes big on foreign borrowing
By Gatonye Gathura The Ministry of Health has significantly increased its donor loans in the last two years mainly to pay for the controversial leased […]
Women who killed for love and jailed for it
By Gatonye Gathura As Kenyans ponder over the increasing killings of women for love, many females who dared fight back are languishing in jail. Most […]
Kenya to stick with cancer ‘causing’ weed killer
By Gatonye Gathura Kenya will continue using popular pesticides linked to cancer even as more evidence associates the weed killers to the disease. The agriculture […]
KEMRI backtracks on khat; says bad for mental health
By Gatonye Gathura Scientists at Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) have said miraa is bad for mental health barely two years after they had […]
Why Kenya faces ‘shortage’ of men
By Gatonye Gathura For the first time, Kenya registered more than a million births last year with 27,248 more boys than girls. While […]