NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 12– Amref Health Africa has called on African governments to increase domestic health financing and strengthen primary healthcare systems as declining international aid threatens the sustainability of…The health organization warned that Africa must reduce its vulnerability to unpredictable external funding by investing in health workers, community-based services...
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 3 — Kenya is set to expand access to solar electricity in remote rural communities following a new agreement with China…Source: Capital FM
CS Duale has granted a one-month extension for facilities to transition from the SHA Provider Portal to HMIS. While all 6,427 public Level 2-4 facilities have cHealth CS Aden Duale commissions a landmark Waqf project in Ngala, Nakuru County on October 1, 2026. Photo/CourtesyThe extension is intended to give facilities more time to comply with the directive as the government moves towards a...
Murang'a Governor Irungu Kang'ata strongly protested the national government's decision to shut down the county's automated digital health platform, Afya.ke.The Ministry of Health has distanced itself from allegations that it switched off Murang’a County’s Afya Ke digital health system, following protests by Governor Irungu Kang’ata over the reported...
Facilities that fail to migrate to the new system risk being locked out of SHAHealth Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale during a meeting on September 29, 2026/COURTESYHealth Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has ordered all health facilities contracted by the Social Health Authority (SHA) to migrate to the new Health Management Information System (HMIS) by September 30 or risk being locked out of the...
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 30 — Kenya must strengthen and better connect its health, social protection and community systems to cope with a growing older population and ensure longer lives are…Health experts, researchers, policymakers, practitioners and older persons meeting in Nairobi warned that ageing cannot be treated solely as a medical issue, with older people increasingly facing...
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 3 — African research institutions have been challenged to accelerate the development of affordable women’s health products and technologies, as experts warn that persistent funding and research…The World Health Organization’s Head of Contraception and Fertility Care, Prof. James Kiarie, said African universities and research institutions must move...
The Ministry of Health has warned Kenyans not to misuse the allergy medicine cetirizine, after online claims that it can suppress sexual desire spread widely.What happenedThe Ministry of Health has warned Kenyans against misusing cetirizine, an allergy medicine that went viral on social media over claims it can suppress sexual desire [1]. Principal Secretary for Medical Services Ouma Oluga...
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 19 — Regional health bodies are seeking to address a shortage of qualified animal health laboratory auditors, warning that gaps in laboratory quality systems could undermine efforts…The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), in partnership with the East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community (ECSA-HC) and the African Society for Laboratory...
In Kenya, the difference is stark. A woman giving birth in Nyeri County is nearly nine times less likely to die from pregnancy and childbirth complications than a woman in Tana River and four times less likely than a woman in Samburu.But what is Nyeri doing differently? And in Tana River and Samburu, how are health workers, county governments and communities working to close the gap?Citizen TV...
Murang’a governor says shutdown of Afya.ke risks disrupting care as county prepares to migrate to national health system.Murang’a Governor Irungu Kang’ata speaking at a press statement./ SCREENGRABMurang’a Governor Irungu Kang’ata has protested the disruption of healthcare services in the county after its Afya.ke digital health platform was switched off, forcing...
The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has protested its alleged exclusion from the Ministry of Health’s Ebola preparedness and response efforts amid rising cases of the disease in the country. The concerns come after the Ministry of Health announced four additional cases of Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD), detected in two quarantine sites bringing […]The...
NAIROBI,Kenya, Oct 19 — Kenya has only nine qualified animal health laboratory auditors, a shortage that could hamper efforts to expand accreditation and strengthen early detection of infectious diseases, a…Romona Ndanyi, Deputy Director of Veterinary Services at the Directorate of Veterinary Services, Kenya said the country needed more trained auditors to assess laboratories,...
KMPDU stated that all healthcare workers who may have come into contact with the patient, whether at Nairobi Hospital or other points of care, must receive immeKMPDU Secretary General Dr. Davji Atellah addresses the press on May 30, 2026. PHOTO | COURTESYOn Tuesday, Health CS Aden Duale confirmed that Kenya recorded the first case of the Ebola virus, citing that the Kenyan national arrived in...
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 6— The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists’ Union (KMPDU) has called for urgent measures to protect healthcare workers following the confirmation of Kenya’s first imported case…The union said healthcare workers who may have come into contact with the patient at Nairobi Hospital or other health facilities must be immediately...
Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has denied claims that the Ministry of Health interrupted the Afya Ke digital health system in Murang’a County.Health CS Aden Duale holds a meeting with the United States Government on July 2, 2026. Photo/CourtesyThis contradicts Governor Irungu Kang’ata’s allegations that the shutdown could disrupt healthcare services and put patient...
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