Tag Archives: health

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; Zimbabwe has fired all nurses who were on strike to demand higher salaries, in a hardline response to growing labour arrest by the country’s new leadership . Several thousand nurses were sacked in a terse statement issued on Tuesday evening by Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, who accused the strikers …

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 …

March 2018 MedicalNewsToday; Wired Health is held yearly in London, United Kingdom. It boasts a wide array of speakers from every corner of the health tech world, alongside forward-thinking companies who provide a glimpse of their latest offerings. This year was as varied as ever, and the talks covered how …

March 2018 BusinessDaily; An Indian medical equipment firm plans to expand into Kenya and three other African countries in a Sh1 billion project that is partly financed by the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The IFC, World Bank’s private lending arm, has disclosed plans to lend Trivitron Healthcare Sh281 million ($2.75 …

March 2018 TheStar; Health Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki has caused a stir at the ministry’s headquarters after displacing senior staff to set up a magnificent office. The CS ordered Afya House’s seventh floor cleared to establish what insiders describe as a grand office that puts into question the government’s commitment …

March 2018 Dailynation; The National Nurses Association of Kenya has asked doctors at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) to stop blaming nurses for the surgery conducted on the wrong patient. They asked doctors to take responsibility. BLAME The nurses’ association said shifting the blame to nurses was an irresponsible way …

February 2017 BusinessDaily; The Health ministry has announced a plan to build four cancer centres for Sh8 billion starting this June in a move which promises to shorten the waiting time for thousands of patients. Dr Anne Ng’ang’a, the Head of the National Cancer Control Programme in the Ministry of Health …

January 2018 BusinessDaily; The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) is facing a Sh1.5 billion compensation claim over the termination of a controversial medical services contract it signed with a private clinic five years ago. Meridian Medical Centre, a chain of private clinics, has accused NHIF of refusing the pay the money …