Fiske Nyirongo

Fiske Nyirongo is a Zambian writer and freelance journalist based in Lusaka, Zambia. She was a 2020 PenPen Nonfiction resident and is currently a Staff Writer for Meeting of Minds UK.

Why smaller vials of vaccine might help Zambia expand measles coverage

Switching out ten-dose measles and rubella (MR) vials for five-dose vials has the potential to make a big impact, Fiske Nyirongo learns.

8 Nov 2024

5 min read

Measles Spotlight on measles

Mwimba Health Post. Credit: Memory Mwezi

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Orbrie Chewe administering vaccines. Credit: Orbrie Chewe

"Measles wards were closed": 50 years of immunisation in Zambia

24 Sep 2024

6 min read

Routine immunisation

Tabo Lukato-Hadunka during a school sensitization campaign. Credit: Tabo Lukato-Hadunka

Zambia is the first country in Africa to roll out long-acting, injectable HIV prevention drug

3 Jun 2024

4 min read

HIV

HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer is administered to school children at Matipula Primary School in Lusaka, Zambia. Gavi/2023/Peter Caton

Zambia launches major HPV vaccine campaign

6 Oct 2023

6 min read

HPV Vaccine campaigns

Mulungushi University clinic poster. Credit: Fiske Nyirongo

University clinics move beyond the student population in Zambia

15 Dec 2022

3 min read

Routine immunisation COVID-19

Using geospatial mapping to find zero-dose children in Zambia

14 Mar 2022

3 min read

Zero-dose children Routine immunisation

Reaching out to communities in rural Zambia

5 Aug 2021