Gardy Chacha

How parents' silence fuel teenage pregnancy crisis

By Gardy Chacha   2024-11-01 16:30:00

Providing adolescents with adequate knowledge on their sexual and reproductive health needs an approach that must involve parents, with all hands on deck.

Kisumu's lost spring bubbles back to life after decades of dryness

By Gardy Chacha   2024-11-04 10:33:03

More than seven springs inside Kajulu forest that have come back to life after years of planting trees by the Kajulu Community Forest Association.

Kenya's most hated birds pose big threat to Coast ecosystem

By Gardy Chacha   2024-11-18 16:40:00

Since their arrival in Kenya nearly 80 years ago, Indian house crows have become the most abundant bird species along the coast.

How invasive species became Kenya's million-bird menace

By Gardy Chacha   2024-11-18 14:40:00

It has been nearly eight decades since the house crow was first sighted in Kenya and by June 2024, its population was estimated at over one million.

Battle of beaks: Kenya steps up war against invasive crows

By Gardy Chacha   2024-11-18 18:00:00

The house crow has gained a dubious reputation as the most disliked bird on the Coast. It is claimed that the crow has the intelligence equivalent to a seven-year-old human.

Hope on wheels: Push to empower Kenyan children with celebral palsy

By Gardy Chacha   2024-11-26 17:34:18

Children with cerebral palsy need a healthy diet to sustain their energy levels and body functions. Physiotherapy is an essential part of managing the condition.

Redefining masculinity for men's mental health

By Gardy Chacha   2024-12-08 17:30:00

The average male, it emerged, hinges their masculinity on that which they’ve accomplished.

A Kenyan first: Cancerous bone in boy's knee cut out, 'cooked', then placed back

By Gardy Chacha   2025-01-20 09:00:00

A boy in Githunguri, Kiambu County complained to his parents of unbearable pain above his knee, prompting a visit to the hospital.

Dr Okumu: Oncologist changing the game in bone cancer treatment

By Gardy Chacha   2025-01-20 06:00:00

Kenya has only two orthopaedic oncologists, and Dr Nicholas Okumu is one of them. This is quite an impressive achievement, one might think.

Inhumed: Danger posed by anthrax bacteria in soil and bitter lessons for livestock farmers

By Gardy Chacha   2025-03-03 09:00:00

The month of January, 2024, recorded above average rainfall. The previous year, the Kenya Meteorological Department had forecast El Nino beginning October.

Will Kenya arrest anthrax outbreaks?

By Gardy Chacha   2025-03-03 09:00:00

Kenya has laid out a plan to eliminate Anthrax in humans and reduce incidence in animals – to less than 1 per cent of the 2020 baseline – by 2036.

Regina Kimanthi: Diagnosed with arthritis at 38, now battling diabetes at 48

By Gardy Chacha   2025-03-17 06:00:00

At the age of 38, Regina Kimanthi was diagnosed with arthritis in 2015, following recurrent and unexplained joint pain and fatigue. She has been on arthritis medication ever since.

Crisis in the soil: Fertilizer shortage and depleting land risk food security

By Gardy Chacha   2025-03-26 08:10:00

Farmers struggling to access subsidized fertilizer due to supply shortages, leaving them uncertain as the critical March-April-May rains begin.

Endometriosis ruined my joy, health, and almost took my life

By Gardy Chacha   2025-03-31 08:15:00

In some women endometrium-like cells grow in other parts of the body outside the inner lining of the womb which causes painful menses.

Pay gap: Why a woman earns Sh27 less for every Sh100 by a man

By Gardy Chacha   2025-04-12 07:00:00

The truth is that men got a head start at making money. Women are playing catch-up. A woman cannot be fully emancipated if she cannot afford to pay bills

Why you don't need a mosquito net in Nairobi

By Gardy Chacha   2025-04-17 14:55:16

Based on evidence handled, the mosquitoes in Nairobi are close to 100 per cent harmless.

Rising temperatures elevate the risk to Nairobi's malaria-free status

By Gardy Chacha   2025-04-21 10:00:00

In Kenya, deaths from malaria have fluctuated from highs of 26,017 in 2010 to lows of 360 in 2013: shooting back up to 15,061 in 2015 and dwindling back to 219 in 2019.

Mosquitoes in Nairobi are close to 100 per cent harmless, says expert

By Gardy Chacha   2025-04-21 00:00:00

In the survey, only 0.3 per cent were Anopheles. The Aedes type were equally very low in numbers.

Hope for women with fibroids as new treatment saves fertility

By Gardy Chacha   2025-04-28 07:20:00

High Intensity Focused Ultrasound creates kills the fibroid without damaging the surrounding healthy tissues

Fibroids explained: What every woman should know about the condition

By Gardy Chacha   2025-04-28 09:13:52

Another factor is giving birth to few babies. This, Dr Muthoka says, is linked to an interplay between female hormones oestrogen and progesterone.