James Akiruga Amisi

James Akiruga Amisi is a family physician and lecturer at Moi University College of Health Sciences in Kenya. Amisi is based in Eldoret, Kenya, and co-leads the Bridging Income Generation through grouP Integrated Care (BIGPIC Family) program.

A boy stand in front of a graffiti promoting the fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Mathare slums of Nairobi, Kenya, on May 22, 2020. This is a powerful photo of a young boy walking in front of a sinister depiction of the virus with a face that appears to be sneeringly looking at the boy. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Governance

The Unpaid Debt of Underinvestment in Public Health

by Sonak D. Pastakia, James Akiruga Amisi, Tina Tran, David Mazza

Limited progress on the social determinants of health has left populations in Kenya and elsewhere vulnerable to COVID-19