EAST AFRICAN NEWS

April 2014 Addisfortune; MIDROC Pharmaceuticals Ltd and Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc, a Jordanian company, signed a formal agreement at the Ethiopian Investment Agency (EIA) on Tuesday April 8, 2014, to form HikmaCure Pharmaceutical S.C., pending approval of their agreement and the issue ofan investment license. The agreement for the establishment of …

April 2014 DailyNews; AS the country strives to reduce the cost of health care while maintaining quality and safety of services, efforts are underway to have guidelines that promote health workers to be innovative. Acting Assistant Director for Health Service Inspectorate and Quality Assurance in the Ministry of Health and …

April 2014 TheNewTimes; The first article looked at how the introduction of modern health services in rural areas has significantly improved maternal healthcare while at the same time registering low maternal mortality rates and improved life expectancy.  The two reforms that I describe today have also had a tremendous impact …

April 2014 TheLancet; Introduction- In 1994, the genocide against the Tutsis led to the deaths of 1 million people in Rwanda (nearly 20% of the population at the time), as well as the displacement of millions more. During the 100 days after Easter, 1994, a bitter post-colonial divide linked to …

March 2014  DailyNews; THE government has ordered Regional and District authorities to allocate a sufficient budget for equipment and obstetric emergency care services in hospitals and health centres as a way of reducing maternal and infant mortality. This was said here on Saturday by Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda during an …

March 2014 VOA; As malaria rates decline across much of Africa, a new study seeks to fight another problem. Drug-resistant bacteria are a growing concern as antibiotics have become the automatic choice for treating a child with a fever.Research from Tanzania, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, shows …

March 2014 TheStar; The Mombasa County health workers have threatened to go on strike on Monday next week over unpaid two months salaries. Yesterday more than 1,500 health workers said the Mombasa government has not paid them their January and February salaries. Through the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union, …

March 2014 DailyNation; The Sh3.9 billion used by NHIF to build a multi-storey car park at Upper Hill in Nairobi cannot be justified, a report of Auditor-General Edward Ouko has said, raising serious questions about how government institutions spend public money. The 2011/2012 state corporations audit report seen by the …

March 2014   SHOPSProject; On January 28, 2014, the HANSHEP Health Enterprise Fund hosted an awardee recognition event in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to highlight the work of seven companies—Echelon, GE Ethiopia, Innopia Electromechanical Solutions, Kadisco General Hospital, Medical Biotech Laboratories, Tebita Ambulance and Pre-Hospital Emergency Services, and Telemed Medical Services. All …

March 2014 TheStar;  Dr. Mahesh Zagade, Food Commissioner, Maharashtra state, Food and Drug Administration, India In an investigation in Kenya and India, writer Kiprotich Koros, discovers how corrupt businessmen use cancer-causing chemicals to ripen fruits. Officials now warn millions of people risk early grave by eating fruits laced with these …