Sickle Cell Disease in Kenya: Prevalence, Newborn Screening, Treatment Access and the Lake and Coastal Burden
Sickle cell disease affects roughly 14,000 Kenyan newborns each year, concentrated in the lake and coastal counties. This article maps prevalence, newborn screening, hydroxyurea access, comprehensive care centres and the social and financing barriers families face across Kenya.
Mount Longonot National Park: Stratovolcano, Crater Rim and Rift Valley Heritage
Mount Longonot National Park protects a dormant stratovolcano with a dramatic eight-by-twelve-kilometre caldera in the Great Rift Valley, just ninety kilometres from Nairobi and one of the most accessible high-elevation hikes in Kenya.
Mwalimu National Sacco: Kenya's Largest Sacco and Its Loan, Savings and Diaspora Products
Mwalimu National is the largest Sacco in Kenya and on the African continent by asset base, with roots in the teaching profession but a now-open common bond that includes civil servants, private-sector professionals and Kenyans in the diaspora.
The Mijikenda Community of Coastal Kenya: Nine Sub-Tribes, Sacred Kayas and Heritage
The Mijikenda are nine closely related sub-communities of coastal Kenya whose identity is anchored in the sacred Kaya forests inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, with a distinctive language family, an agricultural and trading economy and a still-living oral tradition.
University of Nairobi: History, Flagship Colleges and Research Impact
The University of Nairobi traces its lineage to the Royal Technical College of 1956 and today runs six colleges, eleven faculties and more than three hundred programmes that have trained the majority of Kenya's senior public servants, doctors, engineers and academics.
Kenyan Diaspora in France: Community, Bilateral Ties and Investment
France hosts a small but professionally significant Kenyan diaspora anchored around Paris, supported by a long-standing bilateral relationship that has accelerated since 2017 and that now sits at the centre of Kenya-EU trade, climate finance and university mobility.
Type 2 Diabetes in Kenya: Prevalence, Diagnosis and Treatment Pathways
Type 2 diabetes is one of Kenya's fastest-growing chronic conditions, with national survey data showing a 3.1 percent adult prevalence, low awareness and a structural treatment gap that the National NCD Strategic Plan 2021-2026 is trying to close at primary-care level.
Kenya's National Tuberculosis Programme: Burden, Diagnosis and Treatment Access
Tuberculosis remains one of the leading causes of death from a single infectious agent in Kenya, but two decades of investment in the National Leprosy, Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Programme have substantially reduced incidence, mortality and undiagnosed cases.
Kwale County Kenya: Titanium Mining, Diani Tourism and Coastal Economy
Kwale County sits on Kenya's south coast and balances pristine beach tourism around Diani with the legacy of a globally significant titanium mining operation, alongside fisheries, smallholder farming and a fast-emerging logistics and real-estate corridor.