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9 Oct 2025
KNH Overwhelmed by Patient Surge Amid Healthcare Workers’ Strike in Kiambu and Nairobi
The labour ward at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) is reportedly handling more than twice its normal capacity, while the operating theatres are running beyond capacity. The blood bank at the hospital...
3 Oct 2025
World Leaders Endorse Political Commitment on NCDs and Mental Health
World leaders have expressed overwhelming support for the text of the first United Nations global political declaration on addressing Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) and mental health in an integrated...
26 Sep 2025
A New Day for Children with Sickle Cell Disease: Africa CDC Calls for Urgent Action at UN
Africa’s health agency has called for urgent action on sickle cell disease, warning that most of the 300,000 children born with the condition each year on the continent die before their fifth birthd...
19 Sep 2025
Cholera’s Deadly Toll Persists: Second Year of Rising Deaths Despite Access to Care
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has published its global cholera statistics for 2024, revealing a rise in both the number of cases and deaths caused by the disease. Reported cholera cases increase...
12 Sep 2025
Congo’s Ebola-Hit Towns Under Confinement as Cases Rise
Towns in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) affected by the latest Ebola outbreak have erected checkpoints to restrict population movements, officials said this week, as cases increased slight...
5 Sep 2025
WHO’s New Reports and Estimates Highlight Urgent Gaps in Mental Health
The World Health Organisation has published two major reports – the Mental Health Atlas 2024 and the World Mental Health Today – with updated suicide estimates. According to the World Men...
29 Aug 2025
Mombasa Steps Up Fight Against Mpox with 5,000 Vaccine Doses
Mombasa County has received 5,000 doses of the Mpox vaccine as part of its efforts to control the outbreak. The county accounts for about half of all reported infections in Kenya. It plans to launch a...
22 Aug 2025
New Report Demonstrates Corporal Punishment Harms Children’s Health
A new report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) reveals that corporal punishment remains alarmingly widespread and causes significant harm to children’s health and development. Globally, an es...
15 Aug 2025
Kenya Faces Looming Health Worker Shortage as Demand Outpaces Supply
Kenya is facing a critical shortage of healthcare workers that threatens to derail the country’s plan to deliver universal health coverage, according to a recent assessment by the World Health Organ...
8 Aug 2025
New WHO-Listed Authorities Aim to Strengthen Global Access to Quality-Assured Medical Products
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has officially designated Health Canada, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare/Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (MHLW/PMDA) of Japan, and the Medicin...
1 Aug 2025
Kenya Approves New Law to Improve Patient Safety and Healthcare Standards
The Cabinet’s approval of the Quality Healthcare and Patient Safety Bill, 2025, marks a significant milestone for Kenya’s health sector. At first glance, this seems like just another well-meaning ...
25 Jul 2025
Kenya to Provide HIV Prevention Drug Through Pharmacies
Community pharmacists will now dispense HIV prevention drugs to Kenyans seeking protection from the virus’s infection. The decision was informed by a study that found doing so would significantly in...
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