Why Every Pregnancy Requires Clinical Care
Agnes had delivered ten healthy babies at home before her eleventh pregnancy. She had no reason to believe anything would go wrong. But her baby was born with omphalocele, a congenital defect where organs form outside the body. A routine ultrasound would have detected it, and with the right planning and support, tragedy could have been avoided.
The Unseen Crisis: How Lack of Diagnostics and Data Are Fueling a Global Health Epidemic in Kenya
By Jess Danforth, Founder and Executive Director of The Leo Project
Across Kenya, and much of sub-Saharan Africa, the greatest health challenge is not one single disease, rather the pervasive absence of accurate diagnosis and health data.
What is Missing in Global Health? Agency.
The future of global health must be co-created with patients. It will not be shaped solely by innovation or infrastructure, but by the radical idea that every human being—regardless of their geographic coordinates—deserves to actively participate in their own health.
What Health Equity Looks Like
At The Leo Project, we believe healthcare is a human right. But for many families, it remains out of reach—especially when treatment costs more than they can afford, leaving them in debt for years, or when getting care means long waits, misdiagnoses, or no answers at all. This was the reality for the Ncube family here in Jua Kali, Kenya.
Community-Rooted Nutrition Care
The Leo Project’s newly established nutrition clinic is offering another layer of care by providing tailored nutrition counselling and intervention designed to improve health outcomes for children and adults.
Together, Regina Shilibwa and Dhruti Patel are shaping a holistic and culturally grounded approach to nutrition, and we’re seeing the impact.
