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
A happy new start
Hope you had a nice break and are ready to take on 2017. Started with a good note for me with this article published in the Daily nation last week…. The-meter-says-you-are-hy
Vaccines are still very essential
I believe that vaccines are a victim of their own success. As we see less and less of the diseases they protect us against, we start to question their value. Here is an article tha
Diabetes in children
The Daily Nation newspaper has today(30th March) published an article I wrote on childhood diabetes. http://www.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/DN2/Many-parents-unaware-that-their-chi
Kenyan scientist develops a vaccine
Research to develop a vaccine for a disease first identified in Kenya, is now being led, at one of the highest institutes of learning in the world, by a Kenyan.
Blaming the victim
There are few crimes in the world where the victim is blamed for what happens to them. Rape is one of those. I wrote an article on why this happens that was published as a DN2 cove
Ebola vaccine tested in Kenya is safe: report
The results from the Ebola vaccine trials partly conducted in Kenya have been published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine. I published an article on this in the Dail
Ebola vaccine trial in Kenya
One of the Ebola vaccines will soon be tested in Kenya. Scientists are keen to fast track the process and hopefully have a vaccine ready to counter this outbreak. Read all about it
Corporal punishment in schools
The DN2 cover story for the Daily Nation today, 17th September 2014 was an article I wrote about corporal punishment. https://nation.africa/kenya/life-and-style/dn2/corporal-punish
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