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Joseph Maina

In Kenya, a decade of rotavirus vaccination translates to a drop in childhood mortality

Not only are fewer children being hospitalised with severe diarrhoea, but the vaccine’s evident impact is boosting confidence in immunisation generally, experts say.

4 Aug 2025
6 min read
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Rotavirus
A volunteer clinician gives an infant a dose of a vaccine in Kaptembwa. Credit: Julie Mwabe, CDC Kenya
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A teacher at Kadika Primary School in Migori County, Kenya, administers deworming treatments to pupils, as part of the National School-Based Deworming Programme 2023 deworming drive. Credit: Evidence Action

Can of worms: anti-parasitic treatment in Kenyan schools lifts lid on infection’s impact

23 Oct 2024
5 min read
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Maternal and child health
Senator Harold Kipchumba, a polio survivor, gives the polio vaccine to a child. Credit:  UNICEF ESARO 2013

“Just two drops: This is what I didn’t have”: veteran polio activist Harold Kipchumba

22 Oct 2024
7 min read
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Spotlight on polioPolio
A staff member launches a drone at the Zipline KE-1 facility. Credit: Joseph Maina

Zipline drones wing vaccines to malaria-prone western Kenya

12 Aug 2024
6 min read
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InnovationRoutine immunisation
 
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