Universal Health 2030 Solving Complex Health System Problems
January 2019 Daily nation;Pharmacists say they will head to court to challenge contentious parts of a new law. This is after President Uhuru Kenyatta signed the Health (Laws) Amendment Bill 2018 into law a few hours before the New Year. The bill has elicited controversy as it seeks, among other …
Read More »KENYA:Drugs agency Kemsa denies responsibility for expired medicine
April 2018 BusinessDaily; The Kenya Medical Supplies Agency has denied responsibility for the expired drugs and other medical supplies seized in Nairobi last month. The seizure of the expired drugs sparked fears of unsafe medication in the market. Fredrick Wanyonyi, the agency’s acting chief executive officer, said only two of …
Read More »KENYA:Revealed: Kemsa staff collude with traders to supply expired drugs
April 2018 BusinessDaily;The Kenya Medical Supplies Agency is on the spot following revelations that its employees have been colluding with rogue traders supply expired drugs to the market. The concerns emerged when police and the Pharmacy and Poisons Board found a consignment of surgical gloves, X-ray protective gowns, drugs, surgical …
Read More »KENYA:Audit queries Kemsa’s purchase of Sh352 million expired drugs
March 2017 BusinessDaily; A State agency is on the spot for procuring expired drugs worth Sh352 million in two years. Auditor-General Edward Ouko has flagged the purchase in his audit report on the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa). “In the last two financial years, public money on the purchase of …
Read More »KENYA:285 million debt to KEMSA to blame for lack of drugs at City Hospitals
December 2017 Standardmedia; If you go to a county hospital today, chances are high you will be referred to a private pharmacy for your medication. A shortage of drugs has hit medical facilities across Naibobi as a result of a Sh285 million debt the county government owes the Kenya Medical Supplies …
Read More »KENYA: Mission for Essential Drugs sets up Sh12m cold room for diabetes medicines
May 2017 BusinessDaily; Mission for Essential Drugs and Supplies (Meds) has set up a Sh12million cold room for diabetes drugs. Unveiled last Friday in partnership with Novo Nordisk, a global healthcare fir, it will help improve and increase stocking of insulin. Meds managing director Paschal Manyuru, said the medical commodity …
Read More »KENYA: Malaria drugs supplier sues Health ministry in Sh35.4bn claim
February 2017 BusinessDaily; Nairobi-based supplier Equip Agencies has sued the Ministry of Health, demanding Sh35.4 billion as compensation for two botched tenders for the supply of anti-malarial drugs between 1993 and 1995. The firm says it was awarded Sh2.3 billion by High Court judge Muga Apondi in 2011 as compensation …
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