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November 2017 BusinessDaily; The Health ministry will take legal action against confectionery company over billboards passing misleading nutritional claims on biscuits. Through the Department of Public Health, the company, Nuvita Biscuits has been ordered to take down the advert, which a dietary expert has said contained misleading nutritional claims. The …
Read More »KENYA:Senior police and prison officers reap big from new NHIF medical cover terms
November 2017 Standardmedia; Senior security officers are the biggest winners in the new National Hospital Insurance Fund’s (NHIF) comprehensive medical cover. The National Police Service (NPS) and the Kenya Prisons Service reverted to NHIF but with revised terms that suits the medical needs of more than 150,000 officers after failing to …
Read More »KENYA: Tobacco agency steps in to curb shisha smoking
November 2017 Dailynation; The Nakuru County Government has put on notice bar owners promoting smoking of shisha in undesignated places. The warning comes after the Tobacco Control Board raised the alarm over the increased number of women using the substance. Health chief officer Samuel Mwaura said: “Club owners have been …
Read More »UGANDA: Uganda brought to its knees as doctors’ strike paralyses health service
November 2017 theguardian;Public health services across Uganda have been brought to a standstill as doctors strike over pay and poor working conditions. Members of the Uganda Medical Association (UMA) began nationwide action on 6 November over the government’s failure to meet their demands for salary and allowance increases, as well …
Read More »KENYA:Assembly passes motion to compensate Akichelesit children
November 2017 Standardmedia; The county assembly has passed a motion to compensate families of children who suffered paralysis after they were injected at Akichelesit Dispensary in Teso North. Malaba South Member of County Assembly David Kokonya, who initiated the motion, said the the victims were living in misery since the incident …
Read More »KENYA:Mailu on the spot over staff hiring
November BusinessDaily;Afya House has once again been thrust into the eye of a storm after it emerged that a senior official in charge of medicine quality control and regulation has remained in office for months despite a court order stopping his appointment. High-level correspondence between the Ministry of Health and …
Read More »KENYA: Cleopa Mailu suspends NHIF order to limit outpatient visits
November 2017 Dailynation; Health secretary Cleopa Mailu has suspended with immediate effect the directive by the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) to limit the outpatient visits to only four per year. Dr Mailu who was away from Nairobi said he would issue a full statement soon after consultations on how …
Read More »KENYA: Kenyan nurses end their 5-month strike after deal with State
November 2017 Dailynation; Kenyans can now breathe a sigh of relief after nurses working in public hospitals called of their strike which had lasted for five months. The nurses’ union Thursday called off the strike after signing an agreement with the Council of Governors (CoG) and the Ministry of Health. …
Read More »KENYA:NHIF drops limit on hospitals for outpatient service
November 2017 BusinessDaily; National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) members can now access outpatient services from more than 2,000 hospitals and not a single facility in changes that will see visits to top facilities like Nairobi Hospital, Aga Khan and MP Shah limited. The fund Wednesday said it will no longer …
Read More »KENYA:Kirinyaga County nurses call off strike
October 2017 BusinessDaily;The suffering of patients in public hospitals and dispensaries in Kirinyaga County has come to an end after all 508 nurses in the devolved unit returned to work yesterday. They resumed work after their representatives held a consultative meeting with County officials. A spot check by Nation yesterday …
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