For 43 days, Kenya’s public health system was paralysed by a nurses’ strike—a crisis marked by immense pain, suffering and loss of life.

Doctors have threatened to join the nurses’ 43-day strike and shut down hospitals unless the government resolves the dispute within seven days.

Expectant women and sick children are among those paying the heaviest price as a nurses’ strike continues to cripple services in public health facilities across Nakuru County.