Kenya Demographic and Health Survey Stories

Experts push for food fortification as Kenya’s nutrition crisis deepens
Alfred Onyango  |  Sep 10, 2025

Dubbed Millers for Nutrition, an international coalition advocating for food fortification, is urging immediate action to address these systemic gaps.

How Muthurwa’s young mothers are fighting child malnutrition with simple home-cooked meals
Charity Kilei  |  Sep 04, 2025

The approach helps families rehabilitate and prevent child malnutrition using affordable, locally available foods. Mothers are taught to prepare nutri...

Parental consent blocking teen girls from health services – report
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 05, 2025

The 2022 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey shows that 15 per cent of girls aged 15–19 have been pregnant. The rate increases sharply with age, risin...

Changing norms: More women go for home ownership, driving mortgage numbers
Alfred Onyango  |  Sep 26, 2024

Nakhuva believes that society is gradually evolving from the outdated notion that it's taboo for women to own homes.

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