Women from Bonje living adjacent Mwache forest in Kinango sub county, Kwale County receiving energy-saving cookstoves after undergoing training/Photo Mazera Ndurya As climate change continues to ravage the core of the food chain, women and children tend to bear the brunt of this phenomenon. The demand for firewood has far outweighed the tree cover leading…
R-L Dr Zipporah Gathuya Paediatric Anaesthesiologist, Prof Daniela Filipescu President of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA), Dr Faye Evans member of the Lifebox Global Governance Council and Dr Elizabeth Igaga Director of Program Safety at Smile Train. Johannesburg, South Africa – Lack of capnography, a tool for detecting a leading cause of…
Alice Mumba a Community Health Promoter at Rabai Sub County Hospital. Photo by Anthony Zoka. She’s 66 and has six children of her own. Her journey has moved her from being a traditional birth attendant to a dedicated community health promoter, changing the lives of countless women in her community along the way. Meet Alice…
Kilifi County’s head of the Preventive and Promotive Unit, Catherine Munywoki, seated at the center in a blue top, along with other health workers, during a media engagement training session. Photo credit Zero malaria campaign In Rabai Constituency, Kilifi County, community health promoters, under the guidance of health practitioners, have been playing a crucial role…
Penina Mutheu, a coast resident, takes her seven-year-old to swimming and boxing classes every weekend and during school holidays to make her stay fit. The daughter started last year after the mother realized her weight was becoming too much, noting that at the time, she had hit 50kg as soon as she turned seven. “At her school, they have…
The new model mental health clinic at Gongoni in Magarini. Photo Credit, ALPHONCE GARI. “The pain of a child is known to the parent.” This saying resonates deeply with Regina Mwendo, a 76-year-old mother of nine from Vibao Viwili Village in Tana River County, Kenya. For over ten years, Regina has embarked on a grueling journey…
Dr. Daniel Juma, the resident doctor at Reachout Clinic, is attending to a patient who has come for her monthly check-up. Photo Credit Reachout Center Trust. Lilian Lele, a 38-year-old mother of one residing in Likoni, Mombasa City, has triumphed over her heroin addiction, thanks to efforts by Reachout Center Trust. Now in recovery, she…
Chimwaga Mwamuye, Rabai sub county public health promotion officer, at a health stakeholders meeting at a hotel in Rabai. | Photo by Chimwaga Mwamuye. In a concerted effort to tackle the widespread malaria epidemic, over 1.4 million mosquito nets are set to be distributed, benefiting a population of the same size in Kilifi County. The…
The new Smile Train-Lifebox Capnograph device | photo courtesy of Smiletrain and Lifebox. Smile Train and Lifebox advocate for the inclusion of a capnograph as an essential anesthesia monitoring equipment for safer surgery SINGAPORE- March 6, 2024 – In a momentous move to improve safety for millions of people undergoing surgery each year, the world’s…
World cancer day ribbon | Image by Freepik Cancer mortality in Africa is projected to reach about one million deaths per year by 2030 if urgent measures are not taken. This is according to WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti as the world commemorates World Cancer day. Also, in 20 years, cancer death…
