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Switch away from tobacco an economic, health boon for Kenyan farmers

Switch away from tobacco an economic, health boon for Kenyan farmers

When small-scale Kenyan farmer Nancy Achieng made the switch from…
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Tony Kidiga, focal point for Tobacco Free Farms, Ministry of agriculture, speaks about good practices to WHO visiting team at a farmer's in Migori County

Kenya leads global World NO-Tobacco Event

The world is confronted with a global food crisis fueled by conflict…
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Beyond the numbers: the real-world impact of the malaria vaccine in Kenya

Beyond the numbers: the real-world impact of the malaria vaccine in Kenya

Africa’s Lake Victoria is the world’s second largest freshwater lake…
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Mothers and their children at the Antenatal clinic Homa Bay County for malaria and other vaccines

Kenya celebrates immunization as more children are reached with RTS,S

Kenya this week joins the world to commemorate the African…
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On the path to expanding cervical cancer screening in Kenya

On the path to expanding cervical cancer screening in Kenya

Kenya piloted a community-based cervical cancer screening in 2021…
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Helping to break mental health care barriers in Kenya

Helping to break mental health care barriers in Kenya

In a previous stint as a chemistry teacher Dr Gladys Mwiti could not…
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Christine Kisianan, Student

Christine Kisianan, Student

12-year-old Christine Kisianan lives in a remote village in Kajiado…
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Reginald Omulo, Bean Farmer

Reginald Omulo, Bean Farmer

Reginald Omulo, a farmer in Migori County, Kenya, noticed that the…
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Kenya: Quitting tobacco farming to improve health

Quitting tobacco farming to improve health

Dr Francis Manyinza, a senior clinician at the Migori County Referral…
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Kenya: Forging a path to universal healthcare

Forging a path to universal healthcare

In 2018, 60-year-old James Kimeu Mulei suffered a badly broken ankle…
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