Polycarp Ochieng

Public Health and Social Welfare

Restoring the Dignity of Kenyan Women Fighting Obstetric Fistula in Silence

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than two million women live with fistula worldwide. Similarly, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in 2020 highlighted the plight of these women in many rural African communities, undergoing prolonged obstructed labor experience compounded by early marriages and adolescent pregnancies. These experiences have been linked to be […]

Public Health and Social Welfare

From Policy Failure to Progress: Rongo University’s Daycare Model Reverses Kenya’s Breastfeeding Decline

“I was always stressed when it was time for my classes. Sometimes I ended up missing lectures because some lessons collided with my friend’s sessions”, said Claire Akoth, a fourth-year student of Sociology and Community Development at Rongo University in Kenya. Claire is among many young mother students in Kenyan Universities who struggle to complete