EAST AFRICAN NEWS

December 2019 Business Daily; Kenyans are earning more on average; they are living slightly longer and staying in school for more years, boosting the country’s Human Development Index up one notch from position 148 in 2017 to 147 last year. According to the latest United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) index …

December 2019 theStar; There is one thing that everyone in the nutrition field, myself included, agrees on – foods containing artificial trans-fats are absolutely the worst you could eat. We’ve long suspected that trans-fats increase the risk of heart disease by promoting inflammation, and we now have good quality evidence …

December 2019 Daily nation; Embu County’s health committee has raised the alarm over purchase of 50 hospitals beds at a cost of Sh50,000 each, saying this is expensive. On a tour of Embu Level Five Hospital on Tuesday, the team chaired by Muturi Mwombo (Ruguru Ngandori Ward) noted that the …

December 2019 Daily nation;Six years ago, Gladys expected to get out of hospital with a bundle of joy when she checked herself in. She did not anticipate going through a problematic delivery. However, what followed saw her give birth to a child with severe cerebral palsy. Even though the wounds …

November 2019 Business Daily; Kenyan general labour costs, doctors’ fees and fraud are the largest components in the current pricing of healthcare. The cost is especially huge for the treatment of cancer, which has now risen to be among the top killers in the country, ranking third biggest cause of …

November 2019 DailyNation;The government has controversially cancelled a Sh4.9 billion contract for the provision of a Healthcare Information Technology (HCIT) system under the Managed Equipment Service (MES) in a move that could plunge the healthcare sector into a crisis. The contract had been awarded on October 2, 2017 to Seven …

November 2019 Business Daily; The Nairobi Hospital’s shareholders have voted in a new board following the ouster of eight of its directors. In an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) held on Wednesday, the members of the Kenya Hospital Association (KHA) — which owns the hospital — voted in Dr Irungu Ndirangu …

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 …