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Gitonga Njeru

How Kenyan clerics are converting faith into vaccine confidence

“Faith is how we care for our bodies and our communities”: for these Islamic scholars, supporting immunisation means offering an Islamic interpretation of public health policy.

7 May 2026
6 min read
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Routine immunisationVaccine information
Nairobi's Eastleigh neighbourhood, where local Muslim clerics are helping to build confidence in vaccines
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A father walking hand-in-hand with two young daughters down a muddy street in an urbanising Samburu town. Credit: Gitonga Njeru

In Kenya’s Samburu, fathers buck gender stereotypes to champion immunisation

7 Jan 2026
7 min read
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Zero-dose childrenGender equalitySpotlight on zero-dose children
Loitokitok Town. Credit: Gitonga Njeru

In Kenya’s Masaailand, “Guardian mothers” take up the HPV vaccine cause

2 Sep 2025
7 min read
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Zimmerman Community members at a market. Credit: Gitonga.

The unseen shield: community health workers on Kenya’s immunisation frontier

19 May 2025
6 min read
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