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More on Tag: Healthcare
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...
17 Feb 2023
WHO calls for stern measures against exploitative advertisements by the formula milk industry.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has decried the surge in exploitative marketing tactics used by the formula milk industry and called for a clamp down on the industry. In a statement on 6th Febru...
10 Feb 2023
Estimating pandemic product needs and allocation levels
Supported by the PIP Framework Partnership Contribution, in 2022, WHO initiated a project to estimate medical countermeasures (MCMs) needed during a future influenza pandemic. Effective planning for t...
20 Jan 2023
How well do development partners work together and follow country priorities to achieve the health SDGs?
Views from national governments and relevant authorities 52 national governments and relevant authorities provided their views on how well multilateral agencies and other development partners align to...
18 Jan 2023
Kenya demographic and health survey 2022 Key indicators report
The Kenya demographic and health survey 2022 shows that the average number of sexual partners are 2:3 among women and 7:4 among men in Kenya. Background The primary objective of the 2022 Kenya Demog...
16 Jan 2023
Taming global warming: Light at the end of the tunnel as Ozone layer recovery on track
A recent report by the UN concluded that the Ozone layer is on track to recovery. This is a plausible milestone that has been made possible by all the sustainability enthusiasts who have been tireless...
13 Jan 2023
Urgent action needed as acute malnutrition threatens the lives of millions of vulnerable children
12 January 2023/ News release United Nations agencies are calling for urgent action to protect the most vulnerable children in the 15 countries hardest hit by an unprecedented food and nutrition crisi...
16 Dec 2022
Accelerated action needed to ensure safe drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene for all
14 December 2022 / News release Urgent action is needed globally and locally to achieve safe and sustainably managed water, sanitation and hygiene for all in order to prevent devastating impacts on th...
9 Dec 2022
9th December 2022 Finger on the Pulse
On Monday, December 5, Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi arrived in London ahead of the Commonwealth Trade and Investment Summit. On Tuesday, December 6, Senators visited Kenyatta National Ho...
9 Dec 2022
WHO Member States agree to develop zero draft of legally binding pandemic accord in early 2023
7 December 2022 / News release / Geneva Member States of the World Health Organization today agreed to develop the first draft of a legally binding agreement designed to protect the world from ...
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