Nutrition & Public Health
Research, analysis, and field reports on nutrition and public health challenges across Kenya.
The most-evidenced window in maternal and child health hasn't moved Kenya's stunting curve as much as it should. A view from both the clinical bedside and the partnerships desk on why — and what the next decade needs.
A fictional but specific letter from a Kenyan partnerships director to a large nutrition donor — saying the parts the polite quarterly meetings leave out about funding cycles, attribution, and the field's biggest gap.
An origin story for a small private nutrition practice in Nairobi — the mistakes of the first six months, the reset, and what it taught me about teaching nutrition outside a clinic.
An honest career guide for nutrition students in Kenya — degrees, KNDI registration, where the jobs actually are, the salary reality, and the seven paths a graduate can take.
Every donor meeting ends with the same question: what's actually working? The polite NGO answer is dishonest and the honest answer is professionally safer than it looks. From inside the sector.
Tea after meals, brown bread, water with food, mangoes at night, and the avocado panic. A nutritionist gently audits the food rules every Kenyan family swears by.
A personal essay on moving from clinical nutrition to partnerships and donor work in Kenya. The patient I still think about, what I gained, what I lost, and what I'd tell a younger me.
Detox teas, lemon water cures, no-carb plans, and the wellness economy targeting young Kenyans. A nutritionist's no-nonsense breakdown of the six hits — and what to do instead.
An honest, day-by-day food diary from a Nairobi-based nutritionist — including the nyama choma night and the skipped lunch. Real meals, real costs, real rules.
