Treated bednets – it’s a lifeline not a threat
Treated bednets are crucial in the malaria control arsenal - if people are scared by untruths - deaths will go up.
Malaria vaccine implementation ….. part 2
The malaria vaccine RTS,S will be complementary to other malaria interventions and is not a magic bullet. The time has come for different combinations of approaches to be tried out
Malaria vaccine implementation starts next year
The vaccines that most people are used to: polio, measles, tetanus – prevent over 90% of the disease they protect against - this protection lasts a lifetime. The malaria vaccine
Tomorow is world malaria day
Tomorrow is world malaria day – having spent a good part of my adult life studying malaria - I am always bursting to talk endlessly about it. However I will restrict myself and t
Let’s talk about childbirth
But while more midwifery research is required, there are small things can be done to make childbirth easier for women. Childbirth need not be undignified.
Kenyan women need more C-sections
The people failed most by the lack of C-sections are babies. In Kenya about 13,600 babies die every year as a result of birth trauma and birth asphyxia - lives that would be saved
Debunking malaria myths
Myths about diseases spread like wildfire. Malaria is a case in point. The Conversation Africa’s Health and Medicine Editor Joy Wanja Muraya asked me to help sort out fact from f
The things children swallow ….
With small batteries, many may think, it’s only small and will pass through the gut and will not do much harm but batteries are extremely dangerous when swallowed by little child