'Growing up, what I remember most is struggling with inequities. My parents weren't rich, but we didn't lack, we went to public schools, we had meals, the basics. In high school it was in the...
By
Jackson Biko
Contributor
Nation Media Group
Early in Alice Kang'ethe's public-health career, on a trip to Mbita, a scorpion stung her. The pain was ferocious. She was far from a proper hospital, and her international health insurance was useless there. The immediate help at her disposal was a modest clinic, where health workers gave her an antidote and got her the care she needed.
Her career spans maternal care, HIV advocacy, Covid-19 response and community health transformation efforts.
From Olenguruone to Africa’s energy frontier, Carol Koech is turning a childhood encounter with energy poverty into a mission to…
Aadielah Maker Diedericks, a dedicated public health leader from District Six, is transforming alcohol policies across Southern…
Aadielah Maker Diedericks, a dedicated public health leader from District Six, is transforming alcohol policies across Southern…
“We are fighting political and cultural wars. Wars that are not ours.”
Aadielah Maker Diedericks, a dedicated public health leader from District Six, is transforming alcohol policies across Southern…
