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A girl finds her way to school on an early morning in Kibera Slums. Image: Donwilson Odhiambo/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty

Child & Adolescent Health

Rights Denied: Adolescent Girls and Sexual Health: Our Untold Stories Contest Winner

Mary Ndira sist outside their house next to a drainage in Kibera slums on March 2, 2022 Photo-Dominic Kiruli

As Population Climbs, Hygiene Suffers in Slums

Dr. Kawango Agot, Kenya

Infectious Diseases

Working Close to Home to Prevent HIV

A teen girl presents her case at a debate on contraception at the Billian Music Family Resource & Leadership Centre in Mathare Informal Settlement on July 10, 2020 in Nairobi, Kenya. Image: Alissa Everett/Getty

Surprising Data on Contraception Needs & Use During COVID-19

A Red Cross worker in Narok, Kenya, where an anthrax outbreak in 2019 was swiftly contained.

Learning from the “Near Misses”

Mosquito control volunteers in Senegal visit members of their community to count sleeping places for distribution of mosquito nets. Courtesy, President's Malaria Initiative, 2012. Image: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty

It’s Time for African Youth to Advance the Fight against Malaria

Journalist Hannah McNeish documented hemophilia's devastation and hope in Kenya. Image: Courtesy

More Than a Medical Story: A Q&A with Hannah McNeish

Jane Mugasha coordinates hemophilia services for the Mount Kenya region.

The Muranga Solution: Extending Hemophilia Care to Rural Kenya

Ethan Miruka, 10, receives blood clotting medicine every 48 hours, a procedure that his mother carries out in their family home. It allows him to carry on a normal life.

Hemophilia’s Crippling Cost

A newly established clinic at the Muranga District Hospital extends hemophilia care into Muranga County, Kenya.

“We are Many”: The Race to Treat Hemophilia in Kenya

Chris Bombardier (right), a winner of the 2018 Untold Global Health Stories contest, visiting a hospital on a trip to Nepal

The Winners of the 2018 Untold Global Heath Story Contest, Revealed!