Mental health Archives

Mental Health Care For People Living With HIV

Mental health should be integrated into Kenya’s HIV management programs. The struggle for people living with HIV is multifaceted. Support with mental care is one way of plugging into a gaping gap.

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HOW CORONAVIRUS IS AFFECTING MENTAL HEALTH

There is no doubt the coronavirus is affecting peoples mental health. Such is the case for disease outbreaks like coronavirus. This period can be scary and the anxiety surrounding the…

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IS TALKING TO YOURSELF A MENTAL ILLNESS

“It’s not an irrational thing to do. Talking to yourself makes one remember events that have happened, however, right words need to be used for this to work” Beatrice Musimbi,…

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How Does HIV Impact On Mental Health In The Family

There has been a tremendous improvement in reducing the number of new HIV infections. But as the milestones are celebrated, there is now the question about the people who are…

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Why Mental Health In Kenya Matters

Data speaks volumes. It is for this reason that mental health in Kenya matters. A lot. According to WHO statistics, Kenya ranks 6th in Africa with about 1.9 million people…

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Managing Stress Is A Health Goal

A job that doesn’t pay you enough. Relatives, family who won’t give you a break and now the traffic jam makes you have anxiety. Managing stress is a health goal.…

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When Life Hands You A Lemon and You Cannot Make Lemonade; Depression is Real

You have heard it often said when life hands you a lemon then make lemonade. But what happens to those of us who are handed lemons and cannot make lemonade?…

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Once stigmatized, Twice depressed and Thrice?

Mental health is one of those health topics that I wish were an everyday issue of discussion gaining support from the pulpits and newsrooms. Perhaps because I have seen far…

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My Sickle-Cell Story

Imagine looking healthy on the outside, but battling a life-threatening rare disease on the inside. It is an insidious war that leaves me often drained both physically and emotionally. Living with sickle-cell…

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MENTAL HEALTH: Let’s talk anxiety PART 1

Mental health is a topic that many shy away from talking about openly or are completely ignorant of. For the victims, the unwillingness to open up is probably for fear…

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Mental health

Mental Health Care For People Living With HIV

HOW CORONAVIRUS IS AFFECTING MENTAL HEALTH

IS TALKING TO YOURSELF A MENTAL ILLNESS

How Does HIV Impact On Mental Health In The Family

Why Mental Health In Kenya Matters

Managing Stress Is A Health Goal

When Life Hands You A Lemon and You Cannot Make Lemonade; Depression is Real

Once stigmatized, Twice depressed and Thrice?

My Sickle-Cell Story

MENTAL HEALTH: Let’s talk anxiety PART 1

Vaccines and Smart Prescribing: Strategy to Tackle Antibiotic Overuse in Children

Landmark Bill Passed to Empower Community Health Workers

Kenya’s Smokeless Tobacco Crisis

The Hidden Crisis in Kenya’s Healthcare Reform

The Hidden Health Risks of Meat Consumption: A Look at Kenya’s Nyama Choma Culture

In Finland Even the President Goes To a Public Hospital

5 Reasons You Wake Up Feeling Tired Even with Enough Sleep

Is Sitting the New Smoking?

Food and the Expanding Waistline, Hallo Christmas

‘It’s the Lifestyle We Have to Change’ The Prescription to Non Communicable Diseases