EAST AFRICAN NEWS

April 2017 Businessdaily; The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) has entered into a partnership with PharmAccess Foundation to enable more than 2,000 families living in Nairobi slums access NHIF Supa Cover through M-Tiba platform. M-Tiba, a mobile phone health wallet solution is a Dutch platform developed by CarePay in partnership …

April 2017 Dailynation; County governments are not able to pay doctors for the three months that they were on strike because the National Treasury has not released the monies, the Council of Governors has said. In a letter addressed to Mr Joseph Kinyua, the Chief of Staff and Head of …

April 2017 thecitizen; The ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children in partnership with the GE Foundation and Safe Surgery 2020 is working on a strategic plan to transform surgical services in the country. Speaking during the launch of the National Surgical, Obstetrics and Anaesthesia Plan Technical Working …

April 2017 Themonitor; The government has over the past three years spent at least Shs10.08 billion ($2.8m) on the treatment of 140 senior government officials abroad, according to Auditor General John Muwanga’s report for the period ending December 2016. The VIPs’ treatment abroad on the recommendation of the ministry of …

April 2017 BusinessDaily; The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) payouts for dialysis is the single largest claims, highlighting the growing cases of kidney ailments among Kenyans. Official records indicate that the State-owned insurer paid hospitals Sh839.9 million in the six months to December, up from Sh139.8 million in a similar …

April 2017 BusinessDaily; Safaricom’s healthcare app M-TIBA has paid out Sh100 million to 350 healthcare facilities in the past seven months, helping to increase access to health services. CarePay and PharmAccess, who are the telco’s partners in the platform, said it had registered 500,000 users and its officials had made …

April 2017 BusinessDaily; The National Hospital Insurance Fund’s (NHIF) payouts for Caesarean-section operations have for the first time crossed the Sh1 billion mark in a year, highlighting the cost burden of the procedure to insurers. Official records show that 24,492 mothers opted for C-section — a surgical operation to help deliver …

April 2017 Standardnewspaper; Most of the dominant HIV testing kits used in Kenya and several other African countries have failed crucial thresholds set by the World Health Organisation. Of the eight most widely used HIV Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs), seven of which are pre-qualified by the WHO, only one met …

April 2017 Daily nation; County governments will receive an additional Sh21 billion to improve health care. This follows the signing of an agreement between the Council of Governors, the World Bank and Danida to boost services in the 47 regional governments. The focus over five years will be on reproductive, …

April 2017 Standardnewspaper; Insurance providers in the medical field have raised alarm over huge losses they incur due to rising cost of claims by health providers. They say high medical bills are eating into their underwriting profits. According to figures from Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA), the sub-sector has for the fourth time …