Author: Kevine Omollo

“It was devastating!” This was Jackline Akinyi’s description of the loss of her daughter to rabies. The daughter’s death in January 2019 formed part of the grim global statistics of rabies deaths, which shows that Africa continues to bear the biggest burden of the disease. I was away when I got a call that a dog had attacked my daughter. I quickly returned home and rushed her to Gita Sub County Hospital,Jackline Akinyi The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that globally, 59,000 people die from dog-mediated rabies annually. WHO, in its report ‘The Road to 2030’ notes that over 95…

By Kevine Omollo March 7, 2023 Malnutrition, also known as hidden hunger, remains one of the major health challenges affecting the growth and development of children in the country. World Health Organization (WHO) uses Anthropometry to determine the nutritional status of children. Anthropometry is the scientific study of the measurements and proportions of the human body, through looking at the proportion of weight and height of the child against their age. Through this, a child can be declared to have stunted growth, underweight, overweight, or wasting. Anthropometry the scientific study of the measurements and proportions of the human body, through…