Universal Health 2030 Solving Complex Health System Problems
August 2018 Business Daily;Medical interns at the Nanyuki Teaching and Referral Hospital are up in arms over an acute shortage of doctors that has left them overworked and without rest. Some of the overwhelmed medical interns have fled the facility leaving the hospital with only two interns. The complaints come …
Read More »KENYA:Senators back upgrade of 11 county hospitals
July 2018 BusinessDaily;Governors look set to lose control of 11 county hospitals after Senate gave a nod to proposals seeking to have the facilities revert to the national government to serve as regional referral and training facilities. The proposal contained in the National Referral Hospital Bill has also been endorsed …
Read More »KENYA:Cuban doctors set to arrive in two weeks
May 2018 BusinessDaily; A hundred medical specialists from Cuba are set to arrive in the country on May 28, about a month earlier than the date previously given by Ministry of Health (MoH) officials. The medical doctors, specialised in neurology, dermatology and radiology among other specialties, will be distributed across the …
Read More »KENYA:Audit queries Kemsa’s purchase of Sh352 million expired drugs
March 2017 BusinessDaily; A State agency is on the spot for procuring expired drugs worth Sh352 million in two years. Auditor-General Edward Ouko has flagged the purchase in his audit report on the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa). “In the last two financial years, public money on the purchase of …
Read More »KENYA:Governors oppose bid to reverse cancer treatment to Health ministry
November 2017 Dailynation; Governors have opposed a proposal to reverse treatment and management of cancer to the Ministry of Health. The governors said the ministry could not claim back the management of cancer since health is a devolved function and that it would be the beginning of recentralising equipment, “to the …
Read More »KENYA:Staff shortage hits Nakuru Level Five Hospital
May 2017 Dailynation;The number of nurses at the Nakuru County Level Five Hospital has declined by 25 percent since the start of devolution. A Nakuru County Assembly Health report on the state of the hospital four years after devolution painted a grim picture and cast doubts on the future of …
Read More »KENYA: Health budget at border counties strained as foreigners stream in
April 2017 DailyNation; Patients from neighbouring countries are straining health budgets in counties at Kenya’s borders and now their executives want more money from the national government to take care of the foreigners. To its 850,000 residents, Busia County has an extra 300,000 Ugandans that seek medical care from the …
Read More »KENYA: Relief for patients as doctors call off strike
March 2017 DailyNation; After 100 days of deaths, pain and despair, the doctors’ strike has ended. The Health ministry, the Council of Governors and the medics’ union signed a joint return-to-work formula, effectively bringing to an end the protracted industrial action that has cost many lives. GOOD NEWS The deal, …
Read More »March 2016 StandardNewspaper; Doctors yesterday started discussing a new salary structure, prepared by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission, which proposes that the lowest paid intern gets Sh62,850 per month. The latest round of discussions, if agreed on, will see the lowest ranked medical intern earn the said amount in Job …
Read More »Kenya;Guard against sidelining counties on health
April 2013 Elesban Kihuba; A health system provides the means through which medical services are planned and delivered. The Constitution envisages a health system whose management is devolved to the county level. Devolved governments will own and manage county health centres, pharmacies and ambulance services. They will also be responsible …
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