By Joy Wanja Muraya She has a solid sense of confidence that expands within her when she is on a stage. Not just on any platform, but the physi
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Communities are at the heart of the Covid-19 response. This is the key message shared daily by public health experts as we navigate the murky water
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This week, 10 years back I interviewed fellow journalist Eliud Abong’o who was battling an aggressive form of colon cancer. “I am down but no
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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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Five years ago, she was diagnosed with cervical cancer. Her world collapsed. She was hopeless and helpless. She contemplated suicide.
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Childhood is a time of innocence and joy. The boundless freedom of childhood is wonderful. Totally enviable. Never a care in the world.
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In June last year, Wanja’s Health Diary witnessed a surgery at Kenyatta National hospital to remove the uterus of a 70 year old patient with cer
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Nyawira Munyiri lights up any room she walks into. Her bubbly personality is infectious and when she takes the floor to discuss how she has liv
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Claire wasn’t sure whether it was the food from the new cafeteria at work that had given her persistent tummy pain in the last fortnight or the
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Dr Mbira Gikonyo, an Ear Nose and Throat specialist, is concerned that our children are being soothed by mobile phones. Too much screentime is des
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