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More on Tag: Health
12 Nov 2021
New WHO report maps barriers to insulin availability and suggests actions to promote universal access
100 years after discovery, insulin still out of reach for many with diabetes Geneva, November 12, 2021 – A new report published by WHO in the lead-up to World Diabetes Day highlights the alarming st...
2 Apr 2021
Data Protection and COVID-19 Health data at the workplace
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the lives and livelihoods of many individuals. Many businesses are still trying to catch up with the new normal which has greatly affected how transactions take pla...
2 Apr 2021
Government guidelines on COVID-19 vaccines
This week the Pharmacy and Poisons Board published guidance on the role of Private Sector in the deployment of COVID-19 Vaccines (March 2021). The guideline describes the Pharmacy and Poisons Board pr...
13 Mar 2021
A new frontier: A case for legalizing marijuana in Kenya
The evolution of African policy and interests in legal cannabis production continues to gain traction. In October 2020, the Rwandan Cabinet approved regulatory guidelines for the production and proces...
26 Feb 2021
Tricky times ahead of the Covid vaccine
A story earlier in the week stating that private companies will be allowed to import and administer Covid-19 vaccines caused concerns online about the Government’s plans. Coming as revelations rolle...
4 Dec 2020
World AIDS Day- Impact of COVID-19 on ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic
It is nearly 40 years since the first reported case of HIV/AIDS. The 32nd edition of the World AIDS Day was commemorated under an unprecedented norm occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. Over and above...
27 Nov 2020
Interfaith Council for Corona response
The Interfaith Council for Corona Response sympathizes, prays and condoles with those that have lost loved ones due to the pandemic and continually pray for those infected and affected and their famil...
9 Oct 2020
Lyft nicotine pouches declared illegal in Kenya
The Pharmacy and Poisons Act (the “Poisons Act”) which provides a legal framework for the control of the profession of pharmacy and the trade in drugs and poisons lists nicotine and its salts, as ...
2 Oct 2020
Financing non-communicable diseases in Kenya
Government has increased
the health budget by 10.4%
to Kes. 114 Billion...
28 Aug 2020
Part 3: Cost of (In)fertility in Kenya- A case for assisted reproductive technologies
Reproductive rights rest on the recognition of the basic right of all couples and individuals to decide freely and responsibly the number, spacing and timing of their children and ...
21 Aug 2020
Part 2: The Reproductive Healthcare Bill, 2019
The question of right to terminate a pregnancy: Is it time to recognize a woman’s freedom to choose? As highlighted in last week’s feature, a pertinent issue that has come up in the debate of the ...
21 Aug 2020
The coming COVID-19 funds problem
Police on Friday morning pounced on protesters who had gathered at Uhuru Park in Nairobi to demand the arrest of individuals reported to have been behind the reported theft of funds meant for Covid-19...
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