EAST AFRICAN NEWS

August 2016 BusinessDaily; An additional 600 cancer specialists from Kenya will undergo training in the next four years in a move aimed at improving local capacity to diagnose and treat the disease. The East African Development Bank (EADB) and the British Council announced on Friday that they have partnered with …

August 2016 Health24;  The United Nations (UN) has called on governments of its member states to outlaw the marketing of unhealthy foods and drinks to children. Commercial stimuli The UN believes that children should not be tempted by advertising campaigns that promote junk food. Advertisements directed at children “can cause unhealthy …

August 2016 Businessdaily; The Ministry of Health is pushing to include ear care drugs on the list of essential medicines as loud music played in public transport vehicles pushes up the number of Kenyans with hearing problems to alarming levels. Classifying ear drugs and hearing aid as essential will see …

August 2016 DailyNews; Despite the government initiatives to woo more medical staff to work in underserved and hard to reach areas in various parts of the country, some of the staff who were posted to such areas have been made to report there without being paid transfer allowances. One such …

August 2016 liberianobserver; The leadership of the National Health Workers Association of Liberia (NAHWAL) says it is seriously troubled by the alarming reductions in the incentives and salaries of public health workers throughout the country, while the workers are experiencing daily increases in the prices of basic commodities on the …

August 2016 TheHerald; As the economy of the country is growing, the health service demand of middle income earners is also increasing. Thus, the need for producing specialized health professionals is crucial. Having healthy citizens is crucial for the over all development of a given country. Development programmes and plans …

August 2016 TheStar; County governments will no longer receive cash to cover the free maternity programme as the government will now channel the funds to the National Hospital Insurance Fund. Treasury allocated Sh4.2 billion to the programme this financial year. The Ministry of Health said direct re-reimbursements will cover deliveries …

August 2016 DailyNation; Dentists, doctors, and health institutions can now advertise their services, the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board has said. The practitioners can put up adverts in television, radio, billboard, online or newspapers as long as the services are provided in Kenya. However, the board prohibits the practitioners from …

July 2016 GroundUp; Delegates at last week’s international AIDS conference protested drug manufacturer Gilead Sciences, over the price of its extremely effective hepatitis C medication, sofosbuvir. Gilead’s booth at the conference was taped over with posters. “Kilead” was written over the company’s name. In the United States the cost of sofosbuvir …

July 2016 BusinessDaily; Health secretary Cleopa Mailu has clashed with principal secretary Nicholas Muraguri over the latter’s recent decision to allow certain foreign medical personnel to hold treatment camps in Kenya despite a ban imposed by sector regulator. Dr Muraguri last month overruled the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board’s …