SECOND WEEK IN THE FELLOWSHIP

Beatrice Muthoni, a VVF survivor during the Interview at her home in Dandora Nairobi.

Pic by: Benjamin Kiplagat - Internews in Kenya.

I went out for my first assignment in the Internews Health Journalism Fellowship today.

According to USAID, about 400000 Kenyan women and girls develop dangerous disabilities and complications after giving birth every year. According to the report,the numbers are on the increase. In this first assignment, I am required to produce a four minutes feature story on Vesicle Vaginal Fistula(VVF)that has been singled out as a major complication amongst many women who are not attended well before, during and after giving birth. Today I went to Dandora to meet one of the victims of VVF who has just recovered from the complication. I manged to record an interview with her and now as I finish writing this blog post, I will be embarking on the process of transcribing and scripting.
I have yet another appointment with a VVF expert at the Kenyatta National Hospital(KNH) fistula center. Still on Friday I look forward to hook up with some of the women coming out with cases of VVF and grab interviews with them.

The story will be fully baked for publication by Monday28th. The story is to be aired at Radio Maisha 102.7 Nairobi and 105.3 in Western Kenya and environs.
Lets keep it together in keeping our publics informed about health issues.