October 2015 DailyNation; Kenya may be forced to increase its future annual health budget, if global drug companies have their way in the simmering patents row surrounding the manufacture of medicines. They have pushed India, Kenya’s biggest source of generic drugs, to put pressure on its trading partners to demand …
Read More »KENYA: Cover enough to treat patients, says NHIF
October 2015 DailyNation; The National Health Insurance Fund has refuted private hospitals claim that the Sh1,200 capitation allocated for outpatient services per member is inadequate and unsustainable. NHIF rolled out the new outpatient health cover on July 1 this year, after years of only offering in-patient cover. Ever since, private …
Read More »KENYA: Private sector workers still can’t access NHIF cover
October 2015 BusinessDaily; Millions of private sector workers cannot access outpatient medical services at private hospitals using the State health insurer’s cover, even as the agency continues to deduct higher monthly contributions pegged on an increase in the range of services offered. Thousands of contributors who tried to use the …
Read More »KENYA: Private hospital criticised for failing to admit crash victim
October DailyNation; A private hospital has been criticised for failing to admit road crash victim Mr Alex Madaga, who spent 18 hours in an ambulance waiting for treatment. Mr Madaga died on Friday afternoon at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). A group of civil societies led by the Society for …
Read More »KENYA: Teen who fought 18 hours for road crash victims life
October 2015 DailyNation; Brian Ochieng Odhiambo is the medical worker who spent 18 hours in an ambulance attending to Alex Madaga, the road accident victim who was kept waiting because the Kenyatta National Hospital did not have an ICU bed for him. Brian and Madaga’s paths crossed on Monday October …
Read More »RWANDA: Many Poor Locked Out of Mutuelle De Sante for Defaulting
October 2015 TheEastAfrican; Many subscribers have failed to pay their premiums for Mutuelle de santé, prompting the administrators of the community-based health insurance system to lock them out of the mutual health insurance scheme. According to information reaching Rwanda Today, of the total Mutuelle de santé subscribers only 65 per …
Read More »TANZANIA: Govt Rolls Out Birth Registration By Mobile Phone
October 2015 AlJAzeera; Tanzania has launched a nationwide drive to help parents register their children’s births by mobile phone so the government can better plan health, education and other public services. The new system being rolled out across the country over the next five years allows a health worker to …
Read More »ETHIOPIA: President Calls On Public to Assist Dialysis Centre Construction
September 2015 TheEthiopianHerald; The contribution made by the Chamber proves public sense of belongingness which we all should emulate. The Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Associations (ECCSA) yesterday donated 100,000 Birr for the construction of Kidney Dialysis Centre. Speaking at the handing over the cheque at the National Palace, …
Read More »ETHIOPIA: Employing Tech Essential to Expand Health Service – Deputy Premier
September 2015 TheEthiopianHerald; The establishment of the Trauma Centre would enable ALERT contribute its share in saving the lives of emergency service seekers particularly car accident which needs the attention of all. Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen said that in order to sustain and improve the health service, which he …
Read More »EAC Secretariat Organizes Dissemination Workshop On EAC Health Projects and Programmes for Health Sector Stakeholders in Kenya
September EACPressRelease; The East African Community Secretariat in collaboration with Kenya’s State Department of East African Affairs and the Ministry of Health is organizing a five-day dissemination workshop on EAC regional health projects and programmes for health sector stakeholders, line Ministries, Departments, Agencies, and County Health Officers taking place from …
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