OP-ED : WHY THE PROPOSED U.S. – KENYA HEALTHCARE DEAL IS A TRAP
Health Cabinet Secretary Hon. Aden Duale with U.S. Chargé d’Affaires to Kenya, H.E. Susan M. Burns, during a meeting in Nairobi on ,3rd October, discussing...
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THE PIG, THE WORM, AND THE HIDDEN CAUSE OF EPILEPSY
From pork ribs, pork chemsha, and pork choma, the distance between your plate and your brain could be just two to eight metres the length...
KNH WORLD-RECORD GIGANTOMASTIA SURGERY GIVES TEEN A NEW LEASE ON LIFE
For 18 months, Lydia Musivi, 17, carried a burden that went far beyond the physical. Rapid and excessive breast growth, a rare condition known as...
BENEATH THE SURFACE: NAIROBI’S TOXIC RIVER AND THE RACE TO RECLAIM IT
Beneath the glistening water of some parts of the Nairobi River, is a bed of murky water winding through the city’s river meanders. Vendors rinse...
THARAKA NITHI BOLSTERS FIGHT AGAINST MATERNAL AND INFANT MORTALITY
Tharaka Nithi County is intensifying efforts to reduce maternal and infant deaths through a new set of interventions aimed at ensuring that every pregnancy is...
“SHE SAID, ‘BABE, I’M SCARED’: HOW POSTPARTUM HAEMORRHAGE (PPH) STOLE MY WIFE.
When Joseph Wanyonyi speaks about his late wife, Phylis Wanjiru, his voice carries the weight of love, loss, and disbelief. I never imagined I would...
KMPDU HITS BACK AS COG DISMISSES REPORTS ON KIAMBU INFANT DEATHS
The standoff between the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) and the Council of Governors (COG) has deepened following the governors’ dismissal of...
KENYA ON THE BRINK OF A MEDICINES CRISIS AS STAKEHOLDERS URGE URGENT ACTION
Kenya’s ambition to deliver quality, affordable healthcare for all faces a serious threat following new regulatory changes that have disrupted access to more than 21,000...
TEACHERS LIVING WITH HIV RAISE ALARM OVER HIV-SHA COVER
On Sunday, teachers across the globe will mark World Teachers’ Day. But in Kenya, teachers living with HIV are using the occasion to call attention...
RUPHA TO TREASURY: CLEAR SH5.3B HOSPITAL DEBT OR SUSPENSION STANDS
The Rural Private Hospitals Association of Kenya (RUPHA) has welcomed Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale’s request to the Treasury for Sh5.3 billion to clear arrears...