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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...
18 Jul 2025
Cholera Cases Soar in DRC as Outbreak Hits ‘Acute Phase’
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is facing a sharp resurgence of cholera, with cases reported in 17 of its 36 provinces and over 35,000 infections recorded since the beginning of the year, a...
11 Jul 2025
WHO’s Bold Plan: Raise Health Taxes, Save Millions
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched a major new initiative urging countries to raise real prices on tobacco, alcohol, and sugary drinks by at least 50% by 2035 through health taxes in a m...
4 Jul 2025
Kenya Rolls Out 10-Day Nationwide Vaccine Campaign Against Typhoid and Measles–Rubella
The Ministry of Health has launched a nationwide 10-day vaccination campaign from July 5th to 14th, 2025, targeting two major threats to children’s health: typhoid and measles–rubella (MR). The ca...
27 Jun 2025
WHO: Tobacco Control Efforts Protect 6.1B People
The World Health Organisation (WHO) released its report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2025 this week at the World Conference on Tobacco Control in Dublin. WHO advised that action is needed to maintai...
20 Jun 2025
Guarding the Gates: Uganda Strengthens Border Health Amid Ongoing Threats
Uganda’s borders have always been busy and vulnerable. Over the past decade, Ebola, COVID-19, leptospirosis, Marburg, measles and cholera have all emerged, stretching an already burdened health syst...
13 Jun 2025
Mpox Upsurge: Emergency Committee Shares Temporary Recommendations
The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO)is issuing a revised set of temporary recommendations on mpox. This follows the fourth meeting of the International Health Regulations (200...
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