January 2021 theStandard; A decision by the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) to use a couple’s picture in its commercial advertisements is to cost the taxpayer Sh10 million. The Court of Appeal declined to set aside conditions set by the trial court for the corporation to appeal against the ruling, …
Read More »KENYA: The plastic threat to your health
January 2021 thestandard; You may soon be confronted with graphic health warnings on your pizza box or candy wrapper of possible cancer risk. Why, because the plastics contain components known as endocrine disrupting chemicals that are causing great harm to health. Similar restrictions are also being contemplated on a host …
Read More »KENYA: Country Faces Full Blown Health Crisis As Doctors’ Strike Begins
December 2020 Nation; The crisis at public hospitals is expected to grow worse as doctors join nurses and clinical officers in boycotting work. For two weeks, public hospitals have been manned by doctors after the other healthcare employees went on strike. The new crisis comes at critical time – the …
Read More »Why Aga Khan Hospital has banned the use of valve facemasks
The Aga Khan University Hospital announced on Wednesday that it has banned the use of facemasks with valve respirators within its premises. The move is effective immediately, meaning neither staff nor members of the public going to any of its facilities will be let through while wearing them. While health experts …
Read More »Allergy warning for Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine after UK health workers with allergy history suffer reaction
December 2020 CNN; People with a “significant history of allergic reactions” should not be given the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, UK health authorities said Wednesday, after two health care workers experienced symptoms after receiving a shot the day before. The precautionary advice was given after the pair “responded adversely” following their shots …
Read More »Covid-19 vaccine ‘very safe and highly effective’, UK health chief says
December 2020 theguardian; Public health messaging that people can have faith in the safety of coronavirus vaccines is “vitally important”, the leader of the body that has approved the Pfizer jab has said. Dr June Raine, the chief executive of the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), said of the …
Read More »Tuberculosis vaccine may help protect against COVID-19
November 2020 MedicalNews; Scientists developed the BCG (bacillus Calmette-Guérin) vaccine more than 100 years ago to protect against the bacterial infection tuberculosis (TB). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), by 2004, around 100 million children a year were receiving the vaccine. In the United States, BCG is approved for people at …
Read More »KENYA: Inside Nairobi Hospital board, executive fights
November 2020 BusinessDaily; Details of intriguing boardroom fights over tenders at the premier private health facility Nairobi Hospital have emerged, even as the institution’s ousted chief executive officer, Allan Pamba, demands Sh218.8 million in compensation for unfair dismissal. Court filings by Dr Pamba link his ouster to multi-billion shilling contracts …
Read More »Covid vaccine: Pfizer says ‘94% effective in over-65s’
November 2020 BBC; The coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech appears to protect 94% of adults over 65 years old. More data released from their continuing phase three trial suggests it works equally well in people of all ages and ethnicities. The companies say they will now apply for …
Read More »KENYA: ‘It’s not fair,’ Dr Nyikal breaks down over Covid-19 negligence
November theStandard; Members of Parliament serving in the Departmental Committee on Health were moved to tears as they listened to the harrowing tales documenting the plight who are forefront in the fight against Covid-19. After issuing a strike notice and airing their grievances, the medics appeared before the committee chaired by Murang’a Woman …
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