A short, community-grounded snapshot of how people in Raila informal settlement understand antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and use antibiotics in everyday life. Drawing on 12 Kiswahili discussion groups, it highlights very low awareness of AMR, common misunderstandings when treatment fails (e.g., medicines seen as “fake” or “weak”), and widespread self-medication and over-the-counter antibiotic purchasing. It also […]
A policy analysis exploring how well gender, equity, and social context are integrated into Kenya’s AMR National Action Plan, strategic documents, and facility-level surveillance tools – using an intersectional gender and equity framework and drawing lessons from Uganda as a comparative case. The resource finds that while Kenya’s AMR strategy is technically strong biomedically, gender […]
