Fighting FGM – part 1
I was caught – as I always am – by the small little articles that are squashed into the briefs in ‘The Daily Nation’. I saw this little one about a campaign aimed at ta
The devil in health-part II
I did spend some time wondering whether this topic was worth writing about – but since i had read the literature I thought why not. We scientists don’t like to talk abo
The devil in health
As science sheds light on disease causation, attributing ill health to the devil is shifting to the periphery more and more. Take the example of Kilifi in the days when malaria was
Demons or mass hysteria
They are at it again – ghosts have attacked another school!
Learning to hate the old
Children’s story like this popular one – The Wizard of Oz – have a witch, who is old and nasty. We had H&G who were tricked into a cake-house by an old wicked
Maltreatment of the elderly
In my tradition, the first girl is named after their father’s mum. I was named after my grandmother (cũcũ). Cũcũ was among the few elderly people left
Who is the criminal here?
Going through the nation yesterday (May 6th 2014), I came across another teenage abortion story – with a title (Crime: teenager’s boyfriend arrested). Have a read.
Is Kenya winning the battle against malaria?
Is Kenya winning the battle against malaria? Daily Nation. April 25th 2014. I answer this question in a feature article published by the Daily Nation https://nation.africa/kenya/li
World malaria day
Today (25th April) is world malaria day. I am very excited to have gotten an article published in the DN2 (Daily Nation). It quotes heavily from work done by two brilliant malariol
Living with disability
Watching David Toole dance on his hands at the opening ceremony of the paralympic games was a challenge for able-bodied people to transform misconceptions about disabled persons.