Joy Wanja Muraya, MPH

🎓✨Time flies when you’re immersed in such an inspiring learning space 🎓✨. Designing public health messages requires building trust with communities. When trust is established, messages are more likely to be understood, accepted, and acted upon. @HarvardChanSPH

Next week, we listen, learn, and connect with some of the most accomplished journalists and communicators. We are proud to welcome back Emmy Award–winning journalist Ana Cabrera as the recipient of the 2026 Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award. tinyurl.com/37kw3s84

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It’s time to talk about the state of maternal and newborn Health in Kenya because the data paints a grim picture. Tonight, on @NationAfrica we host a crucial X-space discussion with the experts who are shaping policy and saving lives at the bedside and beyond. Join us from 7:30pm and let's deliberate on how to save lives at birth. #MaternalAndNewbornHealth #HealthyNation Link 🔗: x.com/i/spaces/1oxwb… @angienguku @Dimpled_Paed @JanetteKarimi @DrLauraKE @easali81 @nyarondia @amosgetanda @HellenShikandah @Wanja_Mbuthia @DamienVkey

Tonight. 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm (EAT) on X-Live. Health experts, advocates and champions discuss Progress, Policy & Practice. A National Platform for Maternal and Newborn Health. Ensuring Every Mother and Newborn Survives—and Thrives. Link: lnkd.in/gSND6ftY

2026. Let’s say YES more often—embracing new opportunities, adventures, and connections. Here’s to a year of bold choices. Cheers to a fantastic year ahead for us all!

I found my pen!😄 Washington State University honors legend Henry Rono with a statue; more run in his footsteps. tinyurl.com/y2jatnz8 Read about the WSU student-athletes Solomon Kipchoge & Evans Kurui. #NewsEngagementDay @AEJMC @WSUPullman @WSU_Athletics @CougsFirst

Look out for our paper Examining adolescents’ sharing of contraceptive access content on social media across three countries Examines associations between attitudes, norms, & efficacy for sharing controversial topics on social media-TikTok Excited to sit, listen, & learn@AEJMC

Every day in Kenya, nearly 10 women lose their lives during childbirth - many from PostPartum Haemorrhage (PPH), A condition that is largely preventable. 🔗: citizen.digital/news/born-into… #IWillRunForHer #ENDPPH #RUNFORHER #PPHADVOCACY #RMNCAH #WOMENSHEALTH #RealHeroesRunForMothers

Yesterday, I was honored to be a part of the Gates Foundation team that announced a historic $2.5 billion investment to improve women's health. I addressed the announcement alongside my senior colleagues and leadership at the Gates Foundation, led by Dr. Zaidi and Dr. Ru Cheng

📢 Opportunity for African women in data science! @AWARDFellowship is thrilled to announce a new initiative, African Women in Data Science Fellowship! Applications are NOW OPEN for data-savvy women from 🇧🇯 🇨🇮 🇪🇹 🇰🇪🇲🇼. Application deadline: July 31, 2025. Find out more: bit.ly/3FNfoOd.

Congratulations @DixonChibanda I can't wait to read about The Friendship Bench Model. I am a huge fan of this culture-sensitive mental health model.

Our manuscript has been accepted in the ComTech Division @AEJMC conference in San Fran in August. The 3-country study (US, UK & Australia) examined associations between attitudes, norms, & efficacy for sharing controversial topics on social media on RH access advocacy content.

**Remembering Pope Francis as a young print journalist** Covering Pope Francis' visit to Kenya in 2025 was an unforgettable once-in-a-lifetime experience. standardmedia.co.ke/amp/article/20…

This week, the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication is honored to announce Harry Smith, the award-winning television journalist, as the Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism recipient at the 49th Murrow Symposium. symposium.murrow.wsu.edu

The journalist's role is to inform the public and hold power to account. Henrichsen emphasizes the critical role of journalism in informing the public and holding power accountable in an era of pervasive misinformation. Please grab a copy! Read More tinyurl.com/yweb7yas

📢 PhD Fellowship Opportunity at CEMA, University of Nairobi The Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (CEMA) at the University of Nairobi is offering a fully funded PhD fellowship under the ENHANCE Project.

WSU assistant professor of practice Cara Hawkins-Jedlicka examines how women athletes in college basketball use social media to build brand awareness. They face resource disparities compared to male counterparts in football & men’s basketball. tinyurl.com/4yrbenbw

HPV screening is an uncomfortable experience for most of us, especially when a speculum is used. It is physically and emotionally draining. A new study has shown that self-sampling is just as effective as the speculum-based testing by the gynae/obs. tinyurl.com/3vbu3cjb

A deworming tablet can determine a child's future. Kenya must prioritise deworming. Kenya must commit to eliminating worm infections by using data-driven treatment decisions. The future of Kenya depends on it. tinyurl.com/5a44nv8a #NTD OpEd by @MutonoNyamai @WSUvetmed