Global malaria report – article in ‘The Conversation’
The World Malaria Report for 2017 was published at the end of last month. I wrote an article on this report which was published in ‘The conversation’…. https://th
Contraceptives and the young by Nathan Laibuch
Nathan, a 4th year student at Pwani University writes about contraception and the young in Kenya. In his opinion, many interventions focus on haphazardly educating the youth about
What does 115 years of malaria in Africa look like?
When we read these stories, it is tempting to imagine that we have got malaria cornered and that we will soon see the end of it. But, like all things, it is in looking back that we
Health is made at home, hospitals are for repairs
Hospitals can help heal the body but it is rarely the place where we build our emotional and mental well-being. As I take a month of blogging break - I urge you to make your homes
Fertility
Once a community has enough food and medicine for its children, when girls complete secondary school and child survival is high – there is less pressure from everyone to breed.
Rickets in Nairobi sunshine
It was hard to believe that in this day and age there are children suffering from such a preventable condition like rickets - and it was hard to hear the stories of women who are l
Historical child sexual abuse
When someone asks – ‘Why have you taken twenty years to report this abuse ? The words are spoken in a manner that suggests that the woman is lying - ‘What are you hoping to g
Doctoral training – let’s think it through
Although the Commission for University Education (CUE) may complain about the poor rate of enrollment for PhD’s – there are many reasons why the academic path is not very entic
Teenagers and sexual orientation
More good could be done by the psychological and religious communities if they were to band together and help sexual minorities shed their self-hatred and find a respected place in