EAST AFRICAN NEWS

July 2020 the New York Times: Brazilian scientists say the man no longer shows signs of the infection after taking a powerful drug cocktail. But the preliminary results require confirmation. A 35-year-old man in Brazil may be the first to experience long-term remission from H.I.V. after treatment with only a …

July 2020 Dailynation :The Labour court has ruled against the Nairobi Hospital in a legal battle over the revision of its employees’ working hours from 40 to 45 per week. The court said Friday that the hospital’s move, which was done without consulting employees, is unattractive and a digression of social …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …