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Health

How table banking is keeping Homa Bay babies safe from HIV

It is a bright Tuesday morning, and the soft and diffuse sun rays are piercing through Ringa-Kojwach village in Homa Bay County, in south...

Media best placed to tame vaccine hesitancy in Kenya, experts say

Misinformation remains one of the main factors contributing to vaccine hesitancy in Kenya. Stakeholders in the health sector say social media has provided fodder for...

Call for adherence to medication dominate Kisumu HIV/AIDs Candlelight fete

Call for adherence to the use of AntiRetroviral (ARVs) drugs by People Living with HIV dominated the celebration to mark this year's AIDS Candle...

Kisumu leverages on drone technology to defeat dog-mediated rabies

“It was devastating!” This was Jackline Akinyi’s description of the loss of her daughter to rabies. The daughter’s death in January 2019 formed part of...

Zipline’s drone technology hits one million deliveries

Global drone logistics company, Zipline has hit one million deliveries in what has been taunted as a significant leap forward in the logistics delivery...

Zipline’s Kisumu centre commences delivery of blood using drones

Zipline is set to commence delivery of blood products to hospitals in Kisumu and Homa Bay Counties. Health Cabinet Secretary Sussan Nakhumicha and Kisumu Deputy...

Latest News

Gutted Trade Part 3: A ‘Controlled Market’: Monopolies, corruption and difficulty accessing licenses shut out most Ugandans from the maw trade

This reporting project was supported by the Pulitzer Center. In Uganda, Chinese demand for the Nile perch swim bladder,...

Gutted Trade PART 2: A Smuggling Route Reversed: Uganda no longer the region’s maw processing hub

This reporting project was supported by the Pulitzer Center. In Uganda, the hunt for fish maw is driving depletion...

Gutted Trade: How the hunt for swim bladder to supply Asian markets is failing Uganda’s fishing industry

From medicinal soups to holiday gifts, fish maw from Uganda feeds huge Chinese demand. But the once thriving...

Environmental Sustainability: How sugar factory diversified operations to eliminate pollution

Over one and a half decade ago, Chatthe family ventured into sugar milling business in Kibos, Kisumu County. The...

GOGO POWER SUB-STATION: New Year gift for Uriri residents

The overdue expansion of Gogo Power Sub Station is set to begin in the new year. The expansion will...

SOUTH SUDAN: Government official in hot soup for diverting relief vehicles for private use  

Government officials in Western Bahr el Ghazal State have diverted two Non-governmental organizations (NGO) donated vehicles intended to...