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Latest Article 18 Jul 2024
Regulating Harambees: Feasible or Not? Making the Case for a More Nuanced Strategy
The role of state officers in public fundraisers, often termed ‘harambees’ in Kenya, has been a subject of intense debate. In the wind of the Finance Bill, 2024 protests, concerns arose over state officers contributing huge sums of money and flaunting expensive assets without remorse despite their salaries being public information. In response, President […]...
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5 Apr 2024
WHO unveils a digital health promoter harnessing generative AI for public health.
Ahead of World Health Day (Sunday, April 7, 2024), focused on ‘My Health, My Right’, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the launch of S.A.R.A.H., a digital health promoter prototype wit...
17 Jul 2023
WHO holds discussions with the civil society on prioritising traditional, complementary and integrative healthcare
WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and a group of WHO senior officials met with representatives of civil society, to discuss their priorities on traditional, complementary and integr...
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...
22 May 2023
WHO IS WHO- New Kemsa Board Chairperson Irungu Nyakera
In a bid to rectify the deep-rooted corruption and mismanagement of medical supplies within the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (Kemsa), President William Ruto appointed a new board chairperson, Mr Irun...
22 May 2023
New WHO guidelines discourage non-sugar sweeteners for weight control
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new guideline on non-sugar sweeteners (NSS), which recommends against the use of NSS to control body weight or reduce the risk of noncommunicable dis...
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...
26 Apr 2023
Curbing Alcohol Abuse in Kenya: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Government Measures and Proposed Solutions
Alcohol abuse is a prevalent issue in Kenya, and the government has implemented various measures to tackle it. These measures comprise policies, programmes, and regulations to reduce alcohol abuse, en...
3 Mar 2023
Time is ripe period poverty and period shame in Kenya
Nominated Senator Gloria Orwoba unorthodox bid to raise awareness on the scourge of period shame and period poverty was the talk of the country on Valentine’s Day 2023. Orwoba caused a stir as she a...
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...
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