Health

Kenya Tightens JKIA Screening For Travellers From 10 African Countries Over Ebola

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya has tightened screening measures at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) as part of efforts to prevent the spread of...

Kenya Identifies 57 Ebola Contacts As 10 Placed In Quarantine

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya has identified 57 people who came into contact with the country’s first confirmed Ebola patient, with 10 placed in quarantine...

SHA To Terminate Hospital Contracts Over HMIS Transition Deadline

NAIROBI, Kenya - The Social Health Authority (SHA) will terminate contracts with health facilities that fail to transition to the new Health Management Information...

Eric Omondi Reveals Georgina Njenga Will Receive Free Treatment

NAIROBI, Kenya - Comedian and activist Eric Omondi has given a fresh update on content creator Georgina Njenga after her admission to Chiromo Hospital...

US Closely Monitors Russia After Laboratory Worker Dies Of Suspected Pneumonic Plague

MOSCOW, Russia - The United States is closely monitoring the situation in Russia after a laboratory researcher at an anti-plague institute died from pneumonia...

The Eyes Of A Screen Generation: Myopia And Dry Eyes Rise Among Kenyan Children

NAIROBI, Kenya — When a mother asked her 10-year-old son to read an inscription on a car a few metres away, she expected an...

Kenya to Manufacture New Monthly HIV Prevention Pill for African Markets

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya is set to become one of the first African countries to manufacture a new monthly HIV prevention pill, in a...

Hospitals Risk SHA Lockout as Provider Contracts Expire Wednesday

NAIROBI, Kenya — Hospitals and other healthcare facilities across Kenya risk losing access to the Social Health Authority (SHA) system from Thursday if they...

NHS Trust to Review 4,500 More Breast Cancer Cases After Breast Cancer Failings

DURHAM, UK — An NHS trust in County Durham is to review up to 4,500 additional breast cancer cases after an investigation found delayed...

Ruto, Duale Secure Health Partnership to Boost SHA, KEMSA and Digital Healthcare

NEW YORK, US — Kenya is set to deepen its health-sector partnership with the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, with the collaboration expected to support...
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