Christine Mungai

2 months ago | context.news | Christine Mungai

What’s the context? Before the PEPFAR programme, millions in Africa were deprived of lifesaving treatment. Experts now fear for its futureHIV diagnosis was ‘death sentence’ in Africa in 1990sPEPFAR helped reduce drug prices dramaticallyActivists worry funding for AIDS plan may decrease under TrumpNAIROBI - At the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 1990s, getting diagnosed with the virus in Kenya meant bracing for the worst.

Dec 23, 2024 | context.news | Christine Mungai

What’s the context? The U.S. is the single largest donor to global HIV/AIDS care, but funding may be constrained under the new administrationNAIROBI - The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is a multi-billion-dollar HIV/AIDS programme that the U.S. government says has saved millions of lives globally since it was launched in 2003. But domestic abortion politics have undermined the bipartisan support needed to continue funding the program.

Nov 4, 2024 | harvardpublichealth.org | Christine Mungai

<h1>How the U.S. election has an outsized effect on global reproductive health</h1><p>U.S. politics harm women by tying health workers' hands, even in countries where abortion care is legal.</p><p>Written by Christine Mungai</p><p>This <a rel="canonical" href="https://harvardpublichealth.org/global-health/global-gag-rule-back-and-forth-upends-public-health-in-kenya/">article</a> originally appeared in<a href="https://harvardpublichealth.org/">Harvard Public Health magazine</a>.

Oct 25, 2023 | africasacountry.com | Christine Mungai

I was 13 and in my first year of boarding school when I first experienced “revival.” It was during our Challenge Weekend, organized by our high school’s student-run Christian Union (CU) fellowship. Most schools in Kenya with an active CU fellowship have a version of this at least once a year; many schools call it Weekend Challenge.

Mar 8, 2023 | trust.org | Christine Mungai

Christine Mungai - a writer and journalist in Nairobi, Kenya - reflects on her experience training a cohort of journalists and communications officers for the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s six week “Reporting and Communicating on Women’s Economic Justice in Africa” programme. As media professionals, how we frame an issue largely determines how the public receives, processes, and understands it.