Universal Health 2030 Solving Complex Health System Problems
12.4 per cent of blood donated between May to mid-June in Nairobi has shown the prevalence of Covid-19 antibodies among blood donors.According to a study done by KEMRI-Wellcome Trust, antibody testing suggests many more Kenyans have already been exposed to Covid-19 than have been identified by surveillance activities.“The ideal way …
Read More »KENYA:Association launch campaign to celebrate nurses, midwives
June 2020 theStar :The National Nurses Association of Kenya (NNAK), on Monday launched a campaign to celebrate the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife in the Country. The association will through the campaign embark on countrywide activities to recognize, honor and celebrate the nursing and midwifery profession in line …
Read More »Funds are available, health workers will be paid – Mwangangi
June 2020 theStar; Health CAS Mercy Mwangangi has said that funds are available and that health workers will be paid “We are happy to note that funds are available and health care workers will be paid and it is a process that should be happening going forward,” Mwangangi said. Speaking …
Read More »Coronavirus in Ethiopia: ‘Incredible recovery of man aged over 100’
June 2020 BBC; The recovery from coronavirus of an Ethiopian man who is believed to be at least 100 years old was “incredible”, one of the doctors who treated him told the BBC. Aba Tilahun Woldemichael’s family says he is 114, which would make him the world’s oldest man, but …
Read More »KENYA:Shalom hospital sealed off after Covid-19 deaths
June 2020 theStandard; Shalom Hospital in Machakos was on Friday night closed to new patients and turned into a quarantine facility following reported cases of Covid-19.The move by Machakos county government follows the death of an unspecified number of patients at the hospital as a result of coronavirus. Machakos Governor Alfred …
Read More »Kagwe: I’ll dismantle Afya House cartels
June 2020 DailyNation; Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has vowed to disband a cartel, which he says has hampered efforts to fight corruption in the ministry. The CS believes a group of individuals has managed to infiltrate the justice system to retain control of strategic positions to manage billions of …
Read More »KENYA:Jubilee Insurance, Nairobi Hospital in debt row
June 2020 BusinessDaily; Jubilee Health Insurance Limited and Nairobi Hospital are entangled in a dispute over multimillion-shilling claims, a standoff that has seen the hospital lock out clients insured by the country’s largest medical underwriter. Nairobi Hospital claims that Jubilee has not settled a Sh357 million bill that has been outstanding …
Read More »Court case exposes fraud in KDF medical scheme
June 2020 theStar: A court case has exposed systemic loopholes in the Defence Forces Medical Insurance Scheme (Defmis), resulting in some cases of fraud. Some payments made to accredited service providers were made on the basis of forged documents, court paper say. A number of retired military officers in the …
Read More »How Chinese firm and local cartel attempted to steal and sell donor supplies to government
June 2020 theStandard: Crooks from the Ministry of Health officials, Kenya Revenue Authority and rogue businessmen from China tried stealing donated Covid-19 kits for Kenyan health workers. Investigations by The Standard have revealed an intricate scheme that involves possible collusion between Chinese businessmen, government officers and other local operatives to …
Read More »Scanty information on theft of donated Covid-19 equipment
June 2020 Dailynation: The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) is looking into two separate theft reports relating to donated Covid-19 equipment in March, when the Ministry of Health was plotting how to combat the virus that has now infected 4,374 people in Kenya. While the police at Mazingira House have …
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