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ity, and health. Health insurance companies are uniquely positioned to improve well-being and reduce health disparities through nutrition., The shift to value-based care will not be achieved unless sustainable models of social care delivery are implemented. , Testing initiatives around food funds, grocery and meal delivery, and medically tailored meals allows us to scale successful models.

ed, and comprehensive with a full continuum of services. , As a child and adolescent psychiatrist, I am particularly concerned with the mental health of our nation’s children. Today’s youth and young adults are living in an age of anxiety. There is an increase in the number of suicides in that age group.

continue, it has not resulted in the vision that Leroy Hood from the Institute for Systems Biology articulated: a health-care system that is characteriz, Could technology help us to be better human beings and help us with our health? , These technologies, while solving a specific problem or creating value, attempt to drive engagement that leverages our susceptibility to addiction while driving traffic and ad revenue.

community and look forward to keeping you updated on the prog

sses are significantly more likely to become infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria than those without chronic disease.

rom the virus. Health workers are now asking for more protections, and a major trade union is preparing a strike.

eral hurdles, including fears about safety and concerns about transparency. Stephanie Wangari reports from Nairobi.

the devastation caused by COVID-19.

ers. The impacts on food security—and farming livelihoods—could be severe and long-lasting. , The confirmation of the first COVID-19 case in Kenya on March 12, 2020, set off a series of events that put the livelihoods of smallholder farmers at risk and also increased food insecurity throughout the country., During the production stage, COVID-19 restrictions cut off access to agricultural inputs and sowed confusion among farmers , One of the first ways the pandemic affected smallholders was that restrictions on movement obstructed access to important farming inputs, including seeds.

, as learning from home proved problematic for less fortunate children.

ks and financial hardships, with uncertain prospects of when they will be able to return home.

, social and political effects are hitting women harder across the globe, and across the African continent.