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25 Jul 2023
Africa CDC, WHO and RKI launch a health security partnership to strengthen disease surveillance in Africa
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) launched a Health Security Partnership to Strengthen Disease...
3 Jul 2023
Unveiling the new NHIF rates: A closer look at the strategic focus and implications
From the manifesto, Kenya Kwanza emphasised its commitment to realise the constitutional right to health in the shortest time possible by delivering a Universal Health Coverage (UHC) system. This was ...
12 Jun 2023
The European Commission and WHO launch landmark digital health initiative to strengthen global health security
The World Health Organization (WHO) and European Commission on 5th June 2023, announced the launch of a landmark digital health partnership. In June 2023, WHO will take up the European Union (EU) ...
12 Jun 2023
Unpaid hospital and mortuary bills: Analysing proposed amendments to the Health Act
Discharged but confined in hospitals; deceased but detained in mortuaries. These are the prevalent harsh realities facing families unable to clear medical or mortuary bills. The situation is an infrin...
5 Jun 2023
WHO’s annual assembly ends with agreement on funding, and an array of health topics
WHO’s 76th health assembly closed Tuesday, May 30, having addressed a vast array of issues, including behavioural sciences; best buys for non-communicable diseases; diagnostics; disabilities; drowni...
22 May 2023
Unveiling the fallout: An Analysis of Kemsa scandals and Health PS termination
In the past decade, the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) has been involved in one scandal after another. Every other year, Kemsa is embroiled in what are mostly procurement-related scandals. I...
15 May 2023
Lifesaving solution dramatically reduces severe bleeding after childbirth
A new solution, known as E-MOTIVE, could provide a major breakthrough in reducing deaths from childbirth-related bleeding according to a landmark study by researchers from the World Health Organizatio...
26 Apr 2023
Focus on kidney health is key in fighting non-communicable diseases
The enormous negative impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on public health systems across the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region today is receiving much more attention on the policy agenda than it...
24 Feb 2023
WHO issues temporary recommendations in relation to the multi-country outbreak of mpox
These proposed Temporary Recommendations continue to support the goal of the Strategic Preparedness, Readiness and Response Plan for Monkeypox 2022–2023 with the aim of stopping the ongoing mpox out...
24 Feb 2023
Baby formula industry: Time to pass law on breast milk substitutes
The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently sounded the alarm on the continued and aggressive marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes but where does Kenya lie on this issue? Kenya issued draft Breast Mi...
24 Feb 2023
E-waste management in Kenya: Regulatory landscape and what companies can do to safeguard the environment
E-waste refers to electronic products that are unwanted, not working, and nearing or at the end of their “useful life.” E-waste can also be any electrical or electronic equipment that’s been dis...
10 Feb 2023
Estimating pandemic product needs and allocation levels
Supported by the PIP Framework Partnership Contribution, in 2022, WHO initiated a project to estimate medical countermeasures (MCMs) needed during a future influenza pandemic. Effective planning for t...
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