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  • Home
  • About Wanja’s Health Diary
  • Health Areas
    • Maternal & Child Health
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    • Communicable Diseases
  • Published Stories
    • Daily Nation
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    • OPED
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Recent Stories
  • Masculinity and mental health; Women have chamas, what do men have? December 16, 2020
  • Addiction got in the way, rehab helped me reclaim my life December 3, 2020
  • My story; How alcohol and heroine bound me for years November 23, 2020
  • Phoney drugs, expensive mistakes that claim lives November 18, 2020
  • How a text message is fighting counterfeit medicines in Kenya November 9, 2020

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December 16, 20200

Masculinity and mental health; Women have chamas, what do men have?

“There are things people say in the barbershop they won't even say in their own living room, because it's just one of those zones where nobody's

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December 3, 20200

Addiction got in the way, rehab helped me reclaim my life

Every morning, you choose between either tea, coffee, milk or a glass of water for breakfast. Some skip breakfast. That is a choice too!

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November 23, 20200

My story; How alcohol and heroine bound me for years

It could have been water in the glass. But the bubbles springing from the drink gave it away. Alcohol. For the last 23 years Abraham ‘K

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November 9, 20200

How a text message is fighting counterfeit medicines in Kenya

 Alberta returned home from a successful business trip a week ago. She dismissed the daily headaches four days later and muscle pains as f

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August 13, 20200

The power of human touch, beating baby blues

It is a nurturing period dotted by hot daily drinks. In some cultures, a hot oil massage is cherished in the first 40 days after delivery. It e

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April 22, 20200

When all the trouble begins with a sore throat

Friday morning. It’s drizzling and it threatens to pour in the next hour. Welcome to the unpredictable Nairobi weather. The rain aside, I

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April 19, 20200

Becoming a ‘cervivor’; My beacon of hope and beating cervical cancer

 Five years ago, she was diagnosed with cervical cancer. Her world collapsed. She was hopeless and helpless. She contemplated suicide.

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February 15, 20200

The pap smear test: screening for cervical cancer

Last month, I  took a Pap Smear test. I had been due for it anyway but kept postponing. There was always an urgent errand to run that kept me awa

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February 11, 20200

Taking care of Daddy, restoring the family cheer

It was always a home full of love and cheer. On school days, Mummy was always on time to prepare breakfast and Daddy religiously walked Liz and

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February 3, 20200

Looking after a seriously ill child, providing love and comfort

 Recently, I visited children’s cancer ward 1E at Kenyatta National Hospital. This ward bears a different aura compared to the other wards tha

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Wanja’s Health Diary is the digital home of important health stories narrated in a personal manner with journalistic flair and laced with expert insight. The goal is to make health journalism interesting and accessible.

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