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                  Rodgers Otiso
                      Rodgers Otiso  writes for the Standard Health
                        
                      
      
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                   2025-06-16 09:14:37
                
                
          
                       
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                      By Rodgers Otiso 
                      
                      
                       2025-06-23 08:00:00
                    
                  
                       
                       Globally, one in ten men suffers from depression or anxiety, but fewer than half seek help.
   
                          
                    
                      By Rodgers Otiso 
                      
                      
                       2025-06-30 06:00:00
                    
                  
              Globally, one in ten men suffers from depression or anxiety, but fewer than half seek help.
              
              
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                2025-06-30 06:00:00
              
            
              Health CS Duale says the government has already shut down 35 hospitals nationwide found to be defrauding the Social Health Authority.
              
              
                By  Rodgers Otiso 
               
                    
                2025-06-29 18:31:03
              
            
              The National Nurses Association of Kenya (NNAK) has threatened to down tools if the safety of nurses and healthcare facilities is not guaranteed following the attack on Kitengela hospital.
              
              
                By  Rodgers Otiso 
               
                    
                2025-07-08 13:28:39
              
            
              The misshapen cells tend to block blood flow in the vessels, leading to frequent pain episodes, infections, and damage to organs.
              
              
                By  Rodgers Otiso 
               
                    
                2025-07-14 00:00:00
              
            
              Kisumu County partnered with Nairobi West Hospital to introduce the Red Blood Cell Exchange Programme, which filters out sickled cells and replaces them with healthy donor blood.
              
              
                By  Rodgers Otiso 
               
                    
                2025-09-08 06:00:00
              
            
              The Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital has hit another milestone after being elevated to a C5 parastatal, the highest classification for State corporations in Kenya.
              
              
                By  Rodgers Otiso 
               
                    
                2025-09-15 15:48:22
              
            
              For over 15 years, Gilbert Aduda endured excruciating back pain that robbed him of even the simplest joys of life.
              
              
                By  Rodgers Otiso 
               
                    
                2025-09-22 09:00:00
              
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                     Born blue and breathless: An infant's fight for survival, a mother's descent into depression
              
              It’s every mother’s joy to receive a newborn, especially when it’s the firstborn, but sometimes that joy can take an unexpected turn.
              
              
                By  Rodgers Otiso 
               
                    
                2025-09-29 11:14:33
              
            
              I met her in Kisumu during last week’s Tourism Week Celebrations, where she was one of the exhibitors.
              
              
                By  Rodgers Otiso 
               
                    
                2025-10-01 10:27:09
              
            
              According to the Ministry of Health, three in every 10 mothers in Kenya are no longer breastfeeding their children at all, relying entirely on bottle-feeding.
              
              
                By  Rodgers Otiso 
               
                    
                2025-10-06 06:00:00
              
            
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