Why women, girls are not accessing family planning services

Most of the school-going girls aged between 14 and 17 are mainly introduced to contraceptives by their peers.

By MERCY KAHENDA

Men search contraceptives use on arms, then raise hell

The risk of children dying before their first birthday is significantly higher in West Pokot compared to Kiambu or Nyeri

By MARY MUOKI

Eat your way to bedroom horsepower

Mrenda keeps prostate healthy, boosting libido. It also has anti-ageing properties - Dr Willis Wanjala

By  AYOKI ONYANGO

How to avoid Toxic Shock Syndrome

TSS can cause low blood pressure, kidney or liver failure, respiratory distress syndrome, heart failure.

By ROSA AGUTU

An idle uterus is a fibroid’s workshop

Any young girl aged between 14-19 years to the time she conceives has an empty, idle uterus.

By ROSE MUKONYO

I am blood group O+…will you marry me?

Before marrying, Kenyans check out all manner of qualities. Some men consider looks, smile, fidelity, sexual compatibility, compassion, respect, size.

By MERCY KAHENDA

One million sanitary pads to fight period poverty, shaming

Always donated one million pads through a partnership with Bethel Investment Network as part of its efforts to end period poverty and curb absenteeism

By ROSA AGUTU

Women bribing medics to remove coils, implants

Women with expired devices, suffering intolerable side effects, or want a child, have to beg, plead, cajole or bribe health workers.

By GATONYE GATHURA

Shame and neglect, my fistula experience

'After the surgery, I couldn’t eat or drink to avoid going to the toilet. I would wait the whole day for my mother to come and clean me up.'

By BELDEEN WALIAULA

Poor girls sell sex to get money for sanitary products

Girls in slums dropping out of school, selling sex in exchange for basic needs

By KIRSTEN KANJA

The toughest 9 months: I was pregnant with cancer

Out of every 1,000 pregnancies, one mother is always faced with the choice between having an abortion and fighting for her life or keeping her child..

By JECKONIA OTIENO

Pregnant women face corona in open wards

Only Mombasa County has a fully-equipped Covid-19 maternity wing. Expert warns of exposing women and their infants in common wards.

By MERCY KAHENDA