October 2021 lshtm; Global experts agree on bundle of care interventions to prioritise and implement essential care for critically ill patients, and improve pandemic preparedness. A blueprint for hospitals on how to reduce preventable deaths worldwide due to critical illness, including from COVID-19 has been set out in a new …

October 2021 Businessdaily; South African food and beverage manufacturer Pioneer Foods has recalled its Ceres apple juice brands that sold in Kenya and other Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) countries due to contamination of mould toxins. The recalled brands were detected to have elevated levels of patulin …

October 2021 theStandard ;The impact of Covid-19 on lifestyles has rapidly scaled up cases of cardiovascular diseases and deaths in Kenya, experts have warned. Young people are particularly worse off due to poor dietary choices and limited access to health facilities due to movement restrictions. Speaking during the World Heart Day celebrations …

September 2021 Businessdaily ;All Kenyans will be compelled to be members of the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) with employers toping up contributions of those who pay less than Sh500 monthly. MPs last evening approved changes to the NHIF Act, which now makes it compulsory for every Kenyan above 18 …

September 2021 the standard ;Pharmacists and nurses can now head hospitals after they won a case challenging laws restricting top leadership positions to medical doctors. High Court judge Weldon Korir declared three sections of the Health Act 2017 unconstitutional and discriminatory. The judge also invalidated parts of notes in the first …

September 2021 New York times; With a Monday deadline looming, thousands of health care workers in the state are risking their jobs by not getting a coronavirus vaccine. In Buffalo, the Erie County Medical Center plans to suspend elective in-patient surgeries and not take intensive-care patients from other hospitals because …

September 2021 Businessdaily :Renal dialysis, major surgeries and diagnostics tests such as MRI and CT-scans top the list of benefits that the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) aims to cut in a drive to reduce payouts. The State-backed insurer’s cost-cutting drive will reduce payouts to hospitals by at least Sh2.9 …

September 2021 theStar :The National Health Insurance Fund is broke and may not meet its obligations if the negative financial performance is not dealt with. A new report by Auditor General Nancy Gathungu shows the national health insurer has a funding gap of over Sh3.6 billion. The fund’s performance has …

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September 2021 YahooNews; An upstate New York hospital system said it will be forced to “pause” maternity services this month because some employees’ refusal to get vaccinated against Covid-19 has caused staffing shortages. Lewis County Health System is experiencing mass resignations because of its vaccination mandate, putting some services at risk, CEO …