Author Archives: Stephen Ogweno

In line with the Testicular Cancer Awareness Month, our CPO, Mr. Oduor Kevin was interviewed by KUTV to shed more light on this type of cancer which is less talked about yet is a common cancer among men. Testicular Cancer Awareness Month is observed annually in April to encourage men between the ages of 20Continue reading “STOWELINK CPO IN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH KUTV ON TESTICULAR CANCER”

Here is an excerpt from our recent feature on the guardian highlighting our work on obesity and non-communicable diseases in Kenya: “You find young people at university want to add weight and grow a belly as a status symbol. It’s that bad,” says Stephen Ogweno, CEO of Stowelink, a youth-led enterprise aimed at combating NCDs.Continue reading “STOWELINK CEO FEATURED ON THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER – UK 31-5-22”

Stowelink was privileged to have partnered with the Ministry Of Health, The Department of NCDs and the Kenyan FCTC to do an online digital campaign on tobacco and its harmful effects on the environment. Stowelink also had its volunteers in the ground to help the ministry commemorate the world no tobacco day which was gracedContinue reading “STOWELINK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MINISTRY OF HEALTH KENYA CELEBRATE THE WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY WITH AN INSIGHTFUL DIGITAL CAMPAIGN 31-5-22”

As part of National Smile month in the United Kingdom Stephen Ogweno of Stowelink Inc in partnership withc3 for health hosted a C3 International Seminar where Stephen talked about the reality of oral health and opportunities to improve it. Oral health care is still widely neglected, expensive, and information on oral care is still veryContinue reading “STOWELINK CEO HOSTS A GLOBAL SEMINAR ON ORAL HEALTH IN COLLABORATION WITH C3 FOR HEALTH – UK”

Stowelink’s work was featured by the Access Accelerated at the World Health Assembly as one of the progressive and impactful organization with initiatives focused on NCDs education, literacy and advocacy. The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of WHO. It is attended by delegations from all WHO Member States and focuses on a specificContinue reading “STOWELINK FEATURED DURING THE WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY BY THE ACCESS ACCELERATED 25-5-2022”

The World Health Assembly is here with us, and one thing is certain, that there needs to be more action on NCDs and obesity. Stowelink through its founder and CEO Ogweno Stephen was privileged to have developed a though provoking op-ed that catalyzed action on obesity at the World Health Assembly. Here is the openingContinue reading “STOWELINK COLLABORATES WITH WORLD OBESITY TO RELEASE AN INSIGHTFUL OP-ED PIECE ON OBESITY SHARED DURING THE WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY 25-5-2022”

Stowelink recently received guests from The Guardian, UK who came to document and share the work that Stowelink does on non-communicable diseases space. We were privileged to have hosted Lizzy Davies and her team in the field at Njathaini where we discussed on the obesity epidemic encroaching the low socio-economic strata of the society. AnContinue reading “THE GUARDIAN FROM UK VISITS STOWELINK IN KENYA FOR A FEATURE 23-5-2022”

Stowelink founder and CEO Mr Ogweno Stephen was invited by the world heart federation to present at the world heart assembly in a very distinguished panel discussing the crucial topic of Why evidence no longer matters: Communicating heart health in a time of crisis. The all-star panel that tackled this topic included Maria Van Kerkhove,Continue reading “STOWELINK CEO PRESENTS AT THE WORLD HEART SUMMIT GENEVA 21-5-2022”

Stowelink recently partnered with the NCD Alliance Of Kenya and the NCDs patient group caucus to develop and distribute a dissemination of the global week of charter for meaningful involvement for people living with NCDs. This was done through a mini audio-visual podcast series that’s can now be accessed and watched across the world throughContinue reading “STOWELINK COLLABORATES WITH NCD ALLIANCE OF KENYA TO DISSEMINATE AND ENDORSE THE GLOBAL CHARTER ON MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT THROUGH A MINI PODCAST SERIES 13-5-2022”