Universal Health 2030 Solving Complex Health System Problems
June 2021 Edwin Barasa; The proposed amendments to the NHIF Act have elicited varying reactions with some stakeholders, notably the Central Organisation of Trade Unions (Cotu) and the Association of Kenya Insurers (AKI), voicing their opposition. However, the proposed amendments are timely and, if well implemented, will offer immense benefits …
Read More »KENYA:Agency bets on tech to lock out cartels from blood banks
June 2021 Businessdaily; Kenya requires between 500,000 to one million units of blood a year, yet collects less than a quarter of that volume. Amid such an acute shortage, cartels engaged in illegal sale of blood have continued to make a kill. The illegal blood business is blamed for shortage …
Read More »KENYA:Penda Health set to spend Sh115 million on expansion
June 2021 Businessdaily;Private medical services provider Penda Health plans to invest about Sh115 million in expansion to run until next year as it plans to cut staff under support services. The health centre will add three branches this year and five more next year on the Coast, eastern, central and …
Read More »Now proven against coronavirus, mRNA can do so much more
June 2021 CNN; When the final Phase 3 data came out last November showing the mRNA vaccines made by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna were more than 90% effective, Dr. Anthony Fauci had no words. He texted smiley face emojis to a journalist seeking his reaction.This astonishing efficacy has held up in …
Read More »KENYA:Health experts probing new coronavirus strain
Medical researchers are investigating a mystery variant of coronavirus that could be specific to Kenya, the Health ministry reported yesterday. The strain discovered on May 17 from routine samples collected in Kisumu, is said to have characteristics of both Indian (B.1.617) and the UK (B.1.1.7) variants. The variant is, however, …
Read More »C.D.C. Is Investigating a Heart Problem in a Few Young Vaccine Recipients
May 2021 Reuters ; The agency is reviewing several dozen reports that teenagers and young adults may have developed myocarditis after vaccination, officials said. But the agency has not determined whether the vaccine caused the condition. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is looking into reports that a …
Read More »Kenya gets 130,000 more jabs of AstraZeneca from DRC
May 2021 the Star ;Kenya has received 130,000 more doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. The vaccines, which arrived in Nairobi on Thursday morning, came from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has said it is unable to administer about 1.3 million doses before expiry on June 24. The DRC …
Read More »KENYA: Every adult to pay NHIF Sh6,000 in health Bill
May 2021 Businessdaily; Every adult Kenyan will soon make an annual compulsory Sh6,000 contribution to the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) if Parliament adopts State-backed changes to law in race to offer medical cover for all. The government-backed National Hospital Insurance Fund (Amendment) Bill seeks to make it compulsory for …
Read More »KENYA : Employers to pay NHIF contributions for staff
May 2021 Businessdaily; Kenyan employers face additional burden of statutory deductions if Parliament passes a Bill that requires business owners to match workers’ monthly contributions to the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF). Doubling the Sh1,700 that top contributors make to the NHIF ranks high on the list of targeted changes …
Read More »KENYA:KNH to serve referral patients only from July
May 2021 Businessdaily ; Top referral Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) will close its doors to walk-in patients starting this July as part of decongestion of the facility, Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) Director-General Mohamed Badi has said. The new development, he said, will allow the country’s biggest hospital to concentrate on …
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