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Drug Resistance

Health and Wellness

Oncologist Victor Oria urges closer public engagement to improve health awareness in Kenya

Data from the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa and Kenya Medical Research Institute shows Kenya introduced a single-dose HPV vaccine in 2025 to improve coverage. However, vaccination levels...

By David Abonyo 28 Apr 2026

WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus/HANDOUT

Health and Wellness

WHO warns malaria progress at risk as drug resistance spreads

WHO’s latest World Malaria Report shows new vaccines and nets averted 170 million cases in 2024, yet 610,000 people died as drug resistance, insecticide failure and funding gaps threaten progress.

By David Abonyo 4 Dec 2025

Health and Wellness

WHO calls for urgent action to protect life-saving treatments

Over the past decade, access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) has increased from 7.7 million people in 2010 to 31.6 million in 2024, saving millions of lives. However, the rise in ART use has coincided with grow...

By David Abonyo 25 Nov 2025