Advocates urge governments to “walk the talk” on promises made for gender equality and the human right to health as anti-rights pushback intensifies worldwide As 2026 begins, the world remains dangerously off track in delivering on gender equality and the human right to health, with decades of commitments failing to translate into meaningful change. New…
West Pokot County, Kenya: Beyond fever, weight loss and enlarged spleen(splenomegaly) or liver (hepatomegaly) together known as (hepatosplenomegaly), kala-azar quietly disrupts women’s reproductive health, causing fear, stigma, and delayed pregnancies that often go unnoticed but are reversible with early treatment. News Light Kenya’s Health and Science Correspondent, Henry Owino visited West Pokot, one of the…
Winlight Harrison Assistant Communication and Digital Officer at the International Institute For Legislative affairs. You’re on campus, late for lectures, and hunger hits. With no time to wait for a proper meal, you rush into the nearest shop. The shelves are packed with brightly coloured fizzy drinks, biscuits, and crisps.In the rush of daily schedules,…
At a high-level SHE & Rights session jointly hosted by the Global Center for Health Diplomacy and Inclusion (CeHDI) alongside partners at the Women Deliver Conference 2026, global women’s rights advocates sounded the alarm over a rising international pushback against gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). The session brought together key…
Metropolitan Hospital in Nairobi, in partnership with Marengo Asia Hospitals of India, has successfully performed the first robotic-assisted knee replacement surgeries in East and Central Africa, marking a major milestone in advanced orthopaedic care in the region. The inaugural procedures were completed on December 10, 2025, at the hospital’s facility. The surgeries were carried out…
Former athlete and Shoe4Africa founder Toby Tanser, accompanied by partners, on Christmas eve visited the Shoe4Africa Children’s Hospital at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Eldoret to celebrate the festive season with underprivileged children. Tanser, together with former athlete and nurse Nancy Wagner, toured the paediatric facility where they interacted with young patients and…
Stakeholders during a panel session at the “Unlocking BRCA, Streamlining Pathways: PathoLink AZ” programme in Nairobi on Friday November 28,2025. Photo/Courtesy Kenyan cancer patients are set to benefit from faster, more affordable BRCA1 and BRCA2 testing under a strengthened national pathway designed to cut delays that have long slowed diagnosis and treatment. The initiative aims…
Nairobi, 26 November 2025 – In a speech during his first official visit to the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) headquarters, Cabinet Secretary for Health Aden Duale, declared war on counterfeit, falsified, and substandard medicines, directing the regulator to “rid the Kenyan market” of illegal products without fear or favour. “Kenya must not be a…
Learners participate in a swimming tournament held at Makini Schools, Kisumu, on October 10. NAIROBI, KENYA – Forget the sidelines of the football pitch; the new essential arena for youth development is the swimming pool. A growing movement among Kenyan educational institutions is shifting the perception of swimming from a recreational luxury to a core,…
Chang’aa brewers of Kibera. In Nairobi’s Kibera settlement, cheap alcohol fuels a quiet crisis by wreckinglnn health, draining family incomes, and deepening poverty. Police Officers take bribes, encouraging and dare residents as Henry Owino, Investigative Journalist exposes its human cost, and calls for stronger policies to protect Kenya’s most vulnerable.NACADA launches Community Based Rehabilitation Framework…
