“As a midwife, I’ve held a torch in one hand while I prayed on one side that a mother didn’t die in childbirth,” said Angela Nguku, founder of the White Ribbon Alliance Kenya. A midwife by vocation, Nguku said her 16-year journey as a talent advocate for pregnant women and newborns began in the delivery…
In a society where emotional vulnerability among men is often masked by silence or coded expressions—and where resilience is expected above all—WHO Uganda is shifting the narrative, one conversation at a time. Responding to the growing global dialogue on workplace mental health, especially during the current transition within WHO and across the broader UN community,…
Between 2005 and 2015 alone, chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology was estimated to have affected 34,000 people, and the toll is still rising. 20 October 2025 by Kanika Gupta In the quiet village of Chinavanka in Andhra Pradesh, 42-year-old Madanala Giridhar Rao sits with a small stress-ball in his hand, gently squeezing it, as…
The Ministry of Health (MoH) recorded troubling fluctuations in maternal deaths during the surveillance weeks of September and October 2025, raising concerns about the country’s progress towards reducing preventable maternal mortality. According to the ministry’s weekly epidemiological bulletins, Week 38 (Sept. 15–21) saw eight reported maternal deaths, a drop from 16 the week before. Among…