EAST AFRICAN NEWS

April 2018 BusinessDaily; Kenya has suffered a major setback in its fight against HIV/Aids, malaria and tuberculosis after donors withdrew Sh4.9 billion for combating the killer diseases. Details of the supplementary budget tabled in Parliament on Thursday show that donor funding from international financing organisation, The Global Fund, for HIV/Aids …

April 2018 BusinessDaily; Kenyan employers face additional burden of statutory deductions if Parliament passes a law that will require 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 outcomes …

April Dailynation; MP Shah Hospital in Nairobi has issued an explanation as to why it charged Sh800,000 for a patient who was admitted for about 12hours before she died but Kenyans are not having any of it. Through its Facebook and Twitter platforms, the hospital said despite the fact that Matilda …

April 2018 Dailynation;The Kenya Medical Association has urged President Uhuru Kenyatta to rescind his decision to contract 100 Cuban specialists, and instead advertise locally for the jobs. The medical doctors urged the government to only seek foreign specialists as a last resort measure. “Advertise locally and if nobody applies, go …

April 2018 Dailynation; This week the World Bank Group is hosting UHC Financing Forum in Washington, DC. Back home, doctors are holding conferences to discuss healthcare financing towards universal health coverage. And the two meetings couldn’t be more timely. However, there is a recurring reference to public-private partnerships as the magic …

April 2018 Dailynation;Details of the grand health scheme President Uhuru Kenyatta launched yesterday for secondary school students can be revealed. If it is executed as planned, the NHIF cover will be a revolution in the education sector as well as the health sector. A breakdown of the Sh4 billion-a-year cover, …

April 2018 BusinessDaily; The Kenya Medical Supplies Agency has denied responsibility for the expired drugs and other medical supplies seized in Nairobi last month. The seizure of the expired drugs sparked fears of unsafe medication in the market. Fredrick Wanyonyi, the agency’s acting chief executive officer, said only two of …

April 2018 BusinessDaily;The Kenya Medical Supplies Agency is on the spot following revelations that its employees have been colluding with rogue traders supply expired drugs to the market. The concerns emerged when police and the Pharmacy and Poisons Board found a consignment of surgical gloves, X-ray protective gowns, drugs, surgical …

April 2018 Standardmedia: A health insurance plan for three million secondary school students is ready, National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) has said. The state-owned social health insurer has revealed that all modalities for the programme as proposed by President Uhuru Kenyatta are complete. NHIF Manager in charge of Benefits and Claims Gilbert …

April 2018 Standardmedia; Doctors union has protested against underway plans to have specialists employed on contract. Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union(KMPDU) has said under no negotiations will they agree to the plan that had already been agreed on by Health Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki. “We have doctors who are …