EAST AFRICAN NEWS

September 2014 TheObserver; Every year, over 250 medical workers leave Uganda to work, mainly, in South Africa, Botswana and the United Arab Emirates, ministry of Health statistics show. Majority of these are anaesthetists, laboratory technicians, midwives and nurses. In a country where health professionals earn between Shs 400,000 for midwives …

September 2014 DailyNews; PLANS are underway to install a full automated machine at the National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS) offices in Dar es Salaam which has high screening capacity in a move to improve services and save more lives in the country by providing blood test results on time and …

September 2014 DailyNews; THE government is determined to address the shortage of medicines with the aim of improving the quality of health service delivery in the country. The Deputy Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Kebwe Steven Kebwe, said that the ministry is working towards a single system for …

September 2014 BusinessDaily; Workers monthly contribution to the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) is set to rise to Sh1,700 after the Central Organisation of Trade Unions (Cotu) Thursday reached a deal with the State-backed health insurer. The proposed contribution will range between Sh150 and Sh1, 700 per month depending on …

August 2014 IRIN; After decades battling high maternal death rates – at least a third of which were due to botched abortions – Ethiopia took a stand: it prioritized newborn and maternal health, and in 2005 it relaxed its abortion law in an effort to save women’s lives. Stopping short …

August 2014 TheEastAfrican; Uganda’s plan for a national health insurance scheme has hit a snag yet again with key players failing to agree on premiums and its operation. The National Health Insurance Bill 2007, which is currently in with the Ministry of Finance awaiting issuance of a certificate of financial …

August 2014 BusinessDaily; Parliament has warned the Health ministry against awarding the Sh34 billion tender for leasing of medical equipment for two hospitals in each county before reaching an agreement on the cost of the kit. The Health committee directed Cabinet secretary James Macharia to provide details on the costing …

July 2014 DailyNews; LIVING at Mnyanjani, a suburb in Tanga, Fatuma Omari, a nurse at a local dispensary covers a two kilometre stretch going to work on foot on a daily basis. She uses a shortcut way to reduce the time she would spend if she was to use the …

JULY 2014  Radiodabanga;The Darfuri refugees in the 12 eastern Chad camps are suffering from an acute shortage of food. “The suffering has worsened with the entry of the month of Ramadan”, Jamal Daoud, the head of the Bredjing refugee camp told Radio Dabanga. “The World Food Programme (WFP) brought back …

July 2014 RadioNetherlands; While mobile services have existed in several forms for decades in Ethiopia’s Somali Region, in recent years the regional government together with various NGOs have led an initiative to substantially increase these services across the region. In order to improve the lives of pastoralists communities, mobile health, …