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It's World Antibiotic Awareness Week and we all know that antibiotics are used to prevent and treat bacterial infections and we are lucky to have them. But we are learning we should not take them for granted and the world urgently needs to change the way it prescribes...

It's been over two weeks since I returned from my first trip to the clinic in Buburi. Here are the things I loved about my visit there: Seeing how hard the dedicated staff work in sometimes difficult circumstances was inspiring All the beautiful babies - dozens of...

We know that in developing countries, rural women represent almost half of the agricultural labour force, and produce, process and prepare much of the food available, thereby giving them primary responsibility for food security. This quite simply means that rural...

Friends of Buburi are celebrating International Day of the Girl Child. We strongly believe it's important to highlight the issues concerning gender inequality facing young girls. There are 1.1 billion girls in the world today, a powerful constituency for shaping a...

Today Friends of Buburi is celebrating World Humanitarian Day. This is a day held every year on the 19th August to celebrate the spirit that inspires humanitarian work around the world. Buburi Community Health Clinic owes its very existence to so many people across...

Friends of Buburi trustees, Jo Hanks and Jackie Hamer, were both delighted and honoured to be invited to give a talk to the students on the Professional Diploma in Tropical Nursing (DTN) at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine by course director, Dame...

On this World Population Day, the theme is Family Planning: empowering people, developing nations. Family Planning does not just benefit an individual; it improves lives and consequently has a positive effect on the economic growth of a country. There is a lot of...

It's incredible how a small amount of money goes a very long way in Buburi, rural Kenya. So we are launching our  100 Friends Campaign to help us provide vital ongoing health services to the local community from our Healthcare Clinic. If you watch our video below...

Today we celebrate the International Day of the Midwife, thinking of midwives across the globe. In the UK we are all aware of a shortage of midwives and how busy maternity units are. As the general election approaches we are eager to know how the parties will respond...