Since introducing oral nicotine pouches to the Kenyan market in 2019, British American Tobacco (BAT) has lobbied and exploited governmental loopholes to further the spread of its harmful products in the country. BAT obtained initial approval to sell nicotine pouches through Kenya’s Pharmacy and Poisons Board. Although the license restricted the sale of nicotine […]
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The democratisation of health care: will Kenya be left behind?
“Young man, I would be dead without this device.” Mr. Ngatia[1] said as he shook my hand vigorously. Mr. Ngatia was in his early 50s and had spent much of his life in Korogocho slum in Nairobi. I met him about seven years ago when I was leading a community-based health research project on […]
COVID-19 in Kenya: 150 days of learning
How does one fight an invisible, insidious, and all but intractable foe worth 30 kb in size? In Kenya, the hundred and fiftieth day of COVID-19 passed on 9th August 2020, nine months after the virus manifested itself in the Chinese province of Wuhan. The pandemic has brought forth some key learnings in the […]