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Public Health Officers’ Strike Leaves Kenya Vulnerable to El Niño Disease Outbreaks

Kenya’s public health officers have entered the 49th day of a nationwide strike as the country prepares for El Niño rains, raising concerns about weakened disease prevention and outbreak response. The officers are responsible for preventing and containing outbreaks of cholera, dysentery, malaria, and severe diarrhoeal diseases. Their duties include rapid response, contact tracing, risk […]...

After the Handshake: Navigating the Fragile Truce in Kenya’s Health Sector

The silence across Kenya’s public health wards has finally lifted. After intensive negotiations among healthcare unions, the Ministry of Health (MoH), and the Council of Governors (CoG), the parties...

6 Sep 2026

Gov’t Strikes Pfizer Deal to Slash Prices of Nine Cancer Treatments

Kenya has secured lower-cost cancer medicines through an agreement between Pfizer and the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA), potentially easing patients’ financial burden. President Wil...

29 Aug 2026

Public Hospitals Under Strain Amid Ongoing Clinical Officers’ Strike

Forty-four days into the Kenya Union of Clinical Officers (Kuco) strike, Kenya’s public health system is facing significant disruption. County hospitals report reduced activity, while referral facil...

21 Aug 2026

Dengue Fever And Ebola in Kenya: What You Need to Know

Dengue Fever in Kenya: What You Need to Know More than 1,600 cases of dengue fever have been reported in Kenya, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). As of July 2026, WHO reported 1,679 ...

14 Aug 2026

More SHA Money is Flowing, but Are Patients Receiving Better Care?

The Social Health Authority (SHA) disbursed KSh21.36 billion to counties in the 2025/2026 financial year, up from KSh12.7 billion the previous year, an increase of nearly 70 per cent. The rise comes...

7 Aug 2026

Africa’s HIV Fight Depends on Community-Led Action

The next phase of Africa’s HIV response will require more than sustaining access to medicines and investing in new prevention technologies. As governments assume greater ownership of HIV programmes,...

31 Jul 2026

From Meme to Lifesaver: How Students Created a Digital ‘Purple Book’ to Reduce Maternal Deaths

The purple book, officially known as the ‘Mother and Child Health Handbook’, has become an unlikely social media star, attracting millions of views through humorous memes and videos. The joke usu...

24 Jul 2026

Kenya Leads Africa’s Fight Against Childbirth Bleeding

Kenya hosted Africa’s first conference dedicated to postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) on July 22 and 23, 2026, bringing together policymakers, health professionals, researchers and development partne...

17 Jul 2026

Revealed: Leading Conditions Disabling Millions of Kenyans

Physiotherapists at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) say access to rehabilitation services remains a major challenge for patients, particularly in rural Kenya. Many first seek treatment at local dispe...

10 Jul 2026

Cervical Cancer Now Kenya’s Deadliest, WHO Report Shows

The 2026 World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Report on Cancer, published by the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), shows that cancer remains a major public health bur...

3 Jul 2026

Kenyan Scientist Receives USD 1.45M Grant to Build Disease Outbreak Prediction and Drug-Resistant Pathogen Tracking Tool

Dr. Samuel Oyola, a senior scientist, received a USD 1 million grant from the Gates Foundation to build an AI-powered public health tool to predict disease outbreaks and track drug-resistant pathogens...

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