EAST AFRICAN NEWS

September 2021 Businessdaily ;Civil servants in Nairobi will from January next year have a dedicated hospital where they will be able to access health services at an affordable cost, Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) has said. NMS Director of Health Services Dr Ouma Oluga said they are in the process of …

September 2021 Businessdaily ; MPs have backed changes to the law that will grant the State powers to control medical bills and doctors’ fees, a move aimed at stemming the surge in hospital expenses. The National Assembly Committee on Health approved the proposed amendments to the Health Act 2017 that …

August 2021 Nation : A letter by a renowned doctor based at Nairobi Hospital has ignited debate on the effectiveness of the current nationwide Covid-19 vaccination programme after he claimed that the AstraZeneca vaccine has no effect on the Delta variant, which is the most dominant in the country. In …

August 2021 theStar; Kenya Bureau of Standards has blacklisted 27 maize and porridge flour brands after they failed to meet quality standards. In a statement on Saturday, Kebs said out of the 27, 12 are Maize brands while 15 are porridge brands. The maize brands blacklisted include; Budget, Equatorial Ugali …

August 2021 theStandard; Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital has denied it has declined to attend to a 24-year-old man who cannot raise Sh55,000. Samson Nyakina claims he was admitted on July 6 and is yet to be treated after he failed to raise the amount so his broken leg can …

August 2021 Businessdaily; Health workers are prohibited from going on strike unless there is an agreed formula of minimum service retention at every affected medical facility, the High Court has ruled. In a decision, a bench of three judges said the right to industrial action is not absolute but is …

Sore arms. Headaches. Low-grade fevers. These are some of the expected side effects of a COVID-19 vaccine — a sign that the body’s mounting an immune response and learning how to fend off the coronavirus. But thousands of people in the U.S. think they may have had other side effects …

August 2021 Businessdaily ;More than half of National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) members have stopped paying monthly contributions after the State-backed insurer paid billions of shillings for their treatment, setting the stage for a cash crunch. The fund has disclosed that 5.7 million members or 54 percent of the 10.6 …

July 2021 theStar; Unemployed nurses and health workers from Kenya will have the chance to work in the UK as part of a new scheme. UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid and Labour CS Simon Chelugui, signed the agreement on Kenyan recruitment into the UK’s National Health Service. This was part …

July 2021 theStar;Kenya is experiencing a surge in Covid-19 cases, the Ministry of Health has warned. With this, there is increased demand for ICU beds in hospitals to accommodate the high number of infections. Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has asked county governments to ensure availability of sufficient oxygen. Kagwe reiterated …