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            Juliet Omelo
 
                  Juliet Omelo
                      Juliet Omelo  writes for the Standard Health
                        
                      
      
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                  By Juliet Omelo 
                 
                  
                   2025-06-24 14:34:28
                
                
          
                       
                       The 2024 county report shows an overall prevalence of 1.78 per cent, with women at 2.53 per cent, significantly higher than men at 1.01 per cent.
   
                          
                    
                      By Juliet Omelo 
                      
                      
                       2025-07-01 11:36:10
                    
                  
                       
                       A resident of Mayanja village in Bungoma,Nasambu has transformed her personal struggle with sickle cell disease into a powerful mission to uplift others fighting the same battle.
   
                          
                    
                      By Juliet Omelo 
                      
                      
                       2025-07-24 10:42:14
                    
                  
              A resident of Mayanja village in Bungoma,Nasambu has transformed her personal struggle with sickle cell disease into a powerful mission to uplift others fighting the same battle.
              
              
                By  Juliet Omelo 
               
                    
                2025-07-24 10:42:14
              
            
              Over 300 nursing interns whose placements were recently revoked by the Ministry of Health have vowed to camp outside Afya House until they are reinstated.
              
              
                By  Juliet Omelo 
               
                    
                2025-08-02 07:00:00
              
            
              Among married women, injectables, implants and pills are the most commonly used.
              
              
                By  Juliet Omelo 
               
                    
                2025-08-12 13:19:16
              
            
              Bungoma is among Kenya’s hardest-hit counties in the face of the “triple threat” early pregnancy, new HIV infections, and high school dropout rates among teenagers.
              
              
                By  Juliet Omelo 
               
                    
                2025-08-15 12:00:00
              
            
              Burnout and workplace stress are silently eroding productivity but team-building retreats and fun corporate activities are critical business strategies for boosting staff morale and output.
              
              
                By  Juliet Omelo 
               
                    
                2025-08-15 13:00:21
              
            
              In Bungoma County, poverty, menstrual stigma, and lack of support are forcing schoolgirls into desperate choices,  including early pregnancy and unsafe abortions, just to stay in school.
              
              
                By  Juliet Omelo 
               
                    
                2025-08-18 06:00:00
              
            
              Dr Richard Lesiyampe has officially taken over as acting Chief Executive Officer of KNH, succeeding Dr Evanson Kamuri in a leadership transition that marks a new chapter for the referral facility.
              
              
                By  Juliet Omelo 
               
                    
                2025-08-19 11:46:44
              
            
              Health experts said that delayed motherhood, infections, and lifestyle habits are increasing the risk of ectopic pregnancy.
              
              
                By  Juliet Omelo 
               
                    
                2025-09-01 16:02:49
              
            
              Bungoma County medics have raised concern over the growing number of patients being abandoned in hospitals by relatives, police officers, and even Good Samaritans.
              
              
                By  Juliet Omelo 
               
                    
                2025-09-09 16:26:51
              
            
              Kenya’s national tree cover has reached 12.13 per cent from the targeted 30 per cent, according to the latest data released by the Kenya Forest Service. 
              
              
                By  Juliet Omelo 
               
                    
                2025-09-10 10:48:37
              
            
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