The Office of the Dean of Students & Career Services, in collaboration with the University of Nairobi Faculty of Heath Sciences (FHS), successfully held the FHS Mental Health & Wellness Open Day on Thursday 19^th February, 2026 at Kenyatta National Hospital campus.

The event served as an educative and interactive session to discuss factors contributing to mental health deterioration and coping strategies among medical students

A recent study outlined diarrhoea, a child’s diet, number of children in a household, livelihood and lack of caregiver education as some of the factors that affect the prevalence of wasting among children aged under 5 years, especially in arid areas.

Wasting is a critical global health issue characterized by a child having low weight for height. This condition disproportionately impacts children in this age group.