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Depression

Depression is an affective(mood) disorder in which one feels constantly sad; life seems bleak, and its challenges overwhelming. It is a severely disabling condition that has a profound effect on all aspects of a sufferer’s life, including personal and family life, productivity in the workplace/education and enjoyment of leisure activities. It is one of the most common of all Psychiatric disorders. Depression is ranked by WHO as the single largest contributor to global disability.

Why we went the natural family planning way

Couples that resorted to natural ways of spacing their children tell of their experience and what made them make that choice.
Harriet James @harriet86jim
When Christopher Muindi and his wife, Glory Gakii Muindi, got their first child six years ago, they were elated.Though in their mid-20s and young in the eyes of their folks, they wanted to have children and raise a family.

Women bribing medics to remove coils, implants

Many women are living with expired, undesired, or injurious coils and implants as they cannot afford to have them removed.Women with expired devices, suffering intolerable side effects, or want a child, have to beg, plead, cajole or bribe health workers to remove them. “You either bribe or stay with the device until you...
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