How Young Women in Siaya are Making a Living from a Soap Making Business
On a warm day, within the compound of a humble home in Akala town, Siaya County; Lilian Ouma, Julia Otieno, Josephine Owino and Roseline Odhiambo hold on to their tools…
Personal Stories
A TB Infomercial Saved My Life: Joseph Munyao
In July 2020, 32-year-old Joseph Munyao began falling ill. The pronounced symptoms of his illness were a cough, night sweats, and loss of appetite. He bought over-the-counter medicine and when…
Engaging Private Facilities in the Fight Against TB: Sigma Medical Centre Story
Sigma Medical Centre is one of the leading private health facilities in the sprawling Kianyaga market located on the outskirts of Kerugoya town, central Kenya. According to the facility administrator,…
A Targeted TB Screening Exercise Saved My Life: Jane Kemunto’s Story
Mid-morning, July 29, 2021, 27-year-old sickly Jane Kemunto was basking in the sun outside her house in Nyamira County. This had become a norm after she fell three months ago…
Finding Missing TB Cases Through Targeted Community Outreaches: Fredrick Masamba’s Story
A year ago, 50-year-old Fredrick Masamba, a father of six and a resident of Kiogora village, Nyamira county was a hopeless sick man. “People had lost hope in me so…
Engaging Private Health Facilities in Finding Missing TB Cases: Ganjoni Hospital
Two years ago, Ganjoni Hospital, a busy private health facility in Mombasa County, was not offering TB services. This was a result of, among other things, lack of a TB…
Elizabeth Mueni: The TB Coordinator Leading the Fight Against TB in Nairobi County
Nairobi has been long grappling with tuberculosis even before the first cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in March, 2020. The pandemic has brought new challenges to a city ranked the…
Dorothy Christine Adongo: A TB Heroine in the Wake of COVID-19
After losing her beloved sister and husband to TB in 2018, Dorothy Christine Adongo vowed to help fight the disease with all her might. She began volunteering at the Bungoma…
Young TB Clinician Accelerating Access to TB Services Amid COVID-19
On a sunny Sunday afternoon, an upbeat 28 year-old Seth Kagia, TB clinician at Homabay County Referral Hospital, is packaging TB patients’ drugs for delivery to their homes. “This has…