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Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, has welcomed a landmark global deal that will dramatically slash the cost of the HIV prevention drug, lenacapavir, making it affordable for millions in low- and middle-income countries. The announcement was made on Wednesday during the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) meeting in New York. Under the new agreement,…
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A photo of surgeons at Kenyatta National Hospital. /KNH Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) in Nairobi, Kenya, has pulled off a groundbreaking medical feat after surgeons successfully reconstructed the face of a 7-year-old boy who was disfigured during a brutal bandit attack in 2023. The nine-hour operation, carried out on Thursday, September 25, 2025, is being…
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IMAGE/BBC/AFP/GETTY Images Kenyans will access the newly developed HIV prevention injection at around Sh5,000. This follows a partnership between the Gates Foundation and Indian pharmaceutical Hetero Labs which will manufacture a generic of the injectable drug known as Lenacapavir. The generic version will be sold at $40 which at currently rates amounts to about Sh5,170.…
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Kenyans at risk of HIV could soon protect themselves with a twice-yearly injection that slashes the chances of infection, following a landmark deal that brings down the cost of the medicine to just Sh5,400 ($40) a year. The injection, known as lenacapavir, has been hailed as a game-changer in the global fight against HIV. Currently…
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The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) has shut down Better Me Rehabilitation Centre in Meru County following shocking revelations of abuse, neglect, and gross violation of patient rights. A multi-agency team comprising NACADA, the Public Health Department, the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC), and the National Police…
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In recent months, Kenya has been gripped by disturbing headlines of filicide-suicide — tragic cases where parents take the lives of their children before ending their own. Beyond the shocking details, these stories reveal a deeper crisis simmering within families and communities: unspoken mental health struggles, mounting social pressures, and a silence that can turn…
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In recent months, Kenya has been gripped by disturbing headlines of filicide-suicide — tragic cases where parents take the lives of their children before ending their own. Beyond the shocking details, these stories reveal a deeper crisis simmering within families and communities: unspoken mental health struggles, mounting social pressures, and a silence that can turn…
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Researchers found distinct differences in the oral microbiome between those who developed the cancer and those who did not. (Photo: Freepik) A recent study published in JAMA Oncology has uncovered a potential link between oral hygiene and the risk of developing pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest and hardest-to-detect cancers. Pancreatic cancer affects the pancreas, an…
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Many hospitals are now borrowing against their assets just to stock medication. (Photo: Courtesy) Kenyan citizens relying on the Social Health Authority (SHA) to access care in private hospitals woke up to bad news after the Rural & Urban Private Hospitals Association of Kenya (RUPHA) suspended all services for SHA patients. The announcement means that…