Leon Lidigu

2 days ago | nation.africa | Leon Lidigu

As we walk into one of Nairobi’s largest government-run maternity hospitals, we find a neonatal nurse seated under a tree, her eyes vacant, her posture heavy with despair. She stares into space, as if willing herself to disappear. Moments later, we learn why. She has just lost a newborn baby, a life she had fought for, tirelessly, for hours to save. “Did you know neonatal nurses are considered the lowest cadre in the healthcare profession?” she begins, her voice barely above a whisper.

2 days ago | nation.africa | Leon Lidigu

A year ago, Samuel Lesiyampe (name changed to protect identity of the patient), a mentally ill man living with HIV and tuberculosis, was arrested and charged with causing a disturbance.”Samuel, 39, was prosecuted, released on a cash bail of Sh20,000, and ordered to appear in court for subsequent mentions of the case.

3 days ago | nation.africa | Leon Lidigu

More than 22 million Kenyans have registered with the Social Health Authority in just eight months, with April marking the highest monthly registration period at 775,000 new enrollees, according to Ministry of Health data. The data shows that more than 6.3 million Kenyans aged 18-35 are now SHA beneficiaries. “Those aged 36-55 are 5,310,000. Those below the age of 18 are 4,380,000, while those above 55 years of age are 2.5 million Kenyans,” said Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale.

5 days ago | nation.africa | Leon Lidigu

As we walk into Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital in Nairobi, Agatha Atieno, 28, is seated on a bench with tears rolling down her cheeks. “All I wanted was to hold my eight-month-old baby in my arms and watch him blossom in to a fine man who would maybe contribute to making Kenya a better place,” she tells the Nation. But this was not to be. The previous day at around midnight, he suddenly couldn’t breathe and so she rushed him to hospital but he was pronounced dead on arrival.

6 days ago | nation.africa | Leon Lidigu

What you need to know:Thousands of Kenyan babies born since January around the country may miss vaccinations due to stock outs. Shocking revelations comes after the government recently allocated Sh2.3 billion for State House repairs in the new budget. For the last six weeks, Halima Parmuat, a Kenyan mother of three who lives along the Kenya-South Sudan border has been unable to get any childhood vaccine for her latest bundle of joy.