Universal Health 2030 Solving Complex Health System Problems
May 2017 BusinessDaily; Medical interns posted in government hospitals across the country have protested against the reversal without explanation of salaries that were paid into their bank accounts last week. At least 335 out of a total 725 interns posted in different State hospitals are pointing fingers at their employer, …
Read More »KENYA: The pomp at the launch of the Sh38 billion project to equip county hospitals with modern equipment is preserved in framed photos in the offices of many governors. But nearly a year after the smiles and the promise of better health services in the counties, the same governors have released shocking details of how the expensive machines are lying idle in hospitals. The big issue for the counties is that the project was rammed down the governors’ throats, without considering the special circumstances of different county governments.
May 2017 Standardmedia; The pomp at the launch of the Sh38 billion project to equip county hospitals with modern equipment is preserved in framed photos in the offices of many governors. But nearly a year after the smiles and the promise of better health services in the counties, the same …
Read More »KENYA:Give us money to pay doctors: Governors
April 2017 Dailynation; County governments are not able to pay doctors for the three months that they were on strike because the National Treasury has not released the monies, the Council of Governors has said. In a letter addressed to Mr Joseph Kinyua, the Chief of Staff and Head of …
Read More »KENYA:Sh21b to boost health sector in counties
April 2017 Daily nation; County governments will receive an additional Sh21 billion to improve health care. This follows the signing of an agreement between the Council of Governors, the World Bank and Danida to boost services in the 47 regional governments. The focus over five years will be on reproductive, …
Read More »KENYA: Crisis at Nyeri hospital as theatre is shut due to shortage of nurses
April 2017 DailyNation; Patients seeking surgical services at Nyeri Referral Hospital are being turned away as the facility shuts their main theatre over a shortage of nurses. According to the Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) secretary Beatrice Nduati, the hospital should have six to 10 nurses serving the three …
Read More »KENYA: Doctors in four counties threaten to go on strike
April 2017 DailyNation; Over 400 doctors from four central Kenya counties have vowed to paralyse activities in public hospitals from Thursday over delayed salaries, deplorable state of the facilities and poor staffing. The doctors also accused the government of failing to implement a return-to-work formula that they signed when the …
Read More »KENYA: Health CS, PS rivalry to blame for doctors strike, says Atwoli
February 2017 DailyNation; Central Organisation of Trade Unions (Cotu) Secretary General Francis Atwoli wants President Uhuru Kenyatta to reign on Health Cabinet Secretary Cleopa Mailu and Principal Secretary Nicholas Muraguri to end the ongoing doctors’ strike. On Sunday, Mr Atwoli admitted that had been unable to end the doctors’ strike, …
Read More »KENYA: Governors lose bid to control Sh3.4b free maternity cash Read more at: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000230885/governors-lose-bid-to-control-sh3-4b-free-maternity-cash
January 2017 StandardNewspaper; Governors have lost the fight to control Sh3.4 billion free maternal healthcare funds. The fund has instead been placed under the jurisdiction of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF). The Division of Revenue Bill 2017 clears the way for NHIF to manage the funds while denying the …
Read More »KENYA: Nurses in Tharaka-Nithi County go on strike demanding delayed December salaries
January 2016 DailyNation; Nurses in Tharaka-Nithi County have downed their tools demanding to be paid their December salaries and remittance of statutory deductions. This is the 17th time the county’s health workers have gone on strike since the inception of devolution. In a press release, Kenya National Union of Nurses …
Read More »KENYA: Governors set to lose control of Sh13bn health grants
January 2016 DailyNation; Governors are set to lose control of Sh13 billion health grants from the Treasury after Parliament approved their transfer to the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) and a yet to be established health fund. The county bosses will lose Sh3.4 billion for free maternal healthcare to NHIF …
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