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Court decision upholds that people living with HIV have the same right to life as all others

The University of Southern California (USC) (https://www.USC.edu) Africa Hub brings professors and students together with experts and organizations in Africa to tackle some of the region’s most pressing health issues, addressing inequalities through innovative use of human rights-based approaches. “We did a lot of COVID-related work in the past two years and one thing that […]

A Spanish lobby group has come under heavy criticism for allegedly funding cyberbullying of Kenyan MPs pushing for reproductive health laws.

Four petitioners argue they were compelled to undergo tubal ligation when they were vulnerable and each is seeking Sh30 million as compensation.

The decision-making arm of the World Health Organization, the World Health Assembly, begins to meet in special session on November 29, 2021. Delegates from its 194 member states will meet virtually and in person to focus on one question: whether to begin the process of creating an international “pandemic treaty.” The uneven, uncoordinated responses to the COVID-19 pandemic so

Kenya has made commendable commitments on reproductive health, but there is also a lack of political goodwill to accelerate implementation.

Article 19's Sarah Wesonga raises concerns regarding the implementation of Kenya's Access to Information Act and regulations

The similarities of symptoms of Tuberculosis (TB) and Covid-19 are causing stigmatisation and discrimination of TB patients. The situation has led to an increase in undiagnosed cases of TB, Mr Timothy Wafula, a health and human rights lawyer in Kenya has observed. Mr Wafula, who is also the programmes Manager…

The Reproductive Health Bill, 2019 which proposed to make prenatal, delivery, and postnatal services free for every woman in Kenya was withdrawn.

Covid 19 isn’t the world’s first pandemic and it won’t be the last. And the issue of vaccine access continues to rage.