EAST AFRICAN NEWS

November 2019 Businessdaily; The Kenyatta National Hospital is on the spot for hiring private law firms for Sh9.5 million instead of using State advocates to represent it in various cases. In a report, the then Auditor-General Edward Ouko said Kenya’s largest referral facility violated section 17 (1) and section 17 …

November 2019 Businessdaily; AAR Healthcare businesses are among those targeted by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in its five-year investment plan, which will see it buy significant stakes in health facilities in Kenya and Tanzania. IFC, through its recently formed Hospital Holdings Investment (HHI), said it had joined hands with …

The Kenyatta National Hospital board has taken over management of the Sh1 billion Othaya National Teaching and Referral Hospital in Nyeri county. Othaya MP Gichuki Mugambi while confirming the development said the move is aimed at ensuring the hospital is fully operational and source health expertise from KNH. The move …

November 2019 YahooNews; AstraZeneca Plc said on Monday its experimental treatment significantly reduced disease activity in patients with autoimmune disorder lupus, in a late-stage study. The results pit the British drugmaker’s anifrolumab against rival GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s Benlysta – the only new drug approved for lupus in the last 60 years. …

November 2019 DailyNation; Rwanda has banned seven brands of peanut butter that were suspended in Kenya a week ago. On November 4, the Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) suspended brands including Truenutz by Truenutz Kenya, Fressy by Fressy Food Company Limited and Supa Meal by Supacosm Products Limited. The others …

November 2019 DailyNation; The Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) on Saturday banned five maize flour brands, saying their aflatoxin levels were higher than the maximum limit, going by Kenya’s standards. The five are Dola by Kitui Four Mills, Kifaru by Alpha Grain Limited, Starehe by Pan African Grain Millers, 210 …

November 2019 BusinessDaily; LeapFrog Investments is injecting $3 million (Sh309 million) into Goodlife Pharmacy to expand outlets of the regional beauty and drugstore firm. The private equity firm, which has a controlling stake in Goodlife wants the money used in opening new branches beyond the current 52 locations in Kenya …

October 2019 TheStandard; Jomo Kenyatta University Referral and Research Hospital will be opening its doors to patients today after Health CS Cicily Kariuki assessed the facility last Friday.The ultra-modern health facility is expected to provide specialized treatment alongside training and research and it will commence services on oncology, trauma, renal, …

October 2019 Reuters; Transforming diets around the world is key to unlocking better human health and limiting the impact of climate change in tandem, but time is running out. With a rapidly increasing global population, and extreme weather threatening food production around the world, the question is not whether a food revolution needs to …

October 2019 BusinessDaily; Nairobi Hospital’s shareholders have sought an extra-ordinary meeting (EGM) to discuss the ouster of the institution’s directors, escalating wrangles at the premier health facility. More than 230 members of the Kenya Hospital Association (KHA) — which owns the hospital — have drafted a petition seeking the removal …