Tag Archive For "Health"
We don’t know what good healthcare looks like
This may well be my shortest blogpost this year. It is late at night as I quickly jot it down and I have had a long day – and another tough one is waiting for me tomorrow. I was having a strategic conversation about public hospitals in Kenya and in Africa and how they have …
Men & menstruation: do we have a role to play?
This article was first published in my column in the Standard Yesterday was World Menstrual Hygiene Day. Growing up, I knew next to nothing about menstruation. Thanks to primary school education, I knew technically that if a girl does not get pregnant, well, something happens in her uterus and blood comes out. I also knew …
If you think things are bad, you ain’t seen nothing yet.
As we come to the end of April, I fear that we must brace ourselves for a harrowing May. If we thought that the measures that the government has taken so far to try and curb the Covid-19 pandemic are tough, I think we haven’t seen anything yet. Let us start with the basics. The …