Category: Health
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Health is one of the most valuable gifts a person can have. When someone falls seriously ill, it can affect every part of life work, family, and personal happiness. For many, finding a cure or treatment for serious diseases can be stressful, confusing, and sometimes hopeless. But one man from Nairobi, Kenya, discovered a path…
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Doctors reject new directive on playing music in hospitals The Kenya Medical Association has opposed the latest directive by the Music Copyright Society of Kenya requiring health facilities to seek a music license to play copyrighted music in hospitals. Earlier this year, the MCSK named hospitals among establishments that required a Unified Copyright License to…
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Mary Muthoni, Principal Secretary State Department for Public Health and Professional Standards urges Health Committee to boost healthcare funding Nairobi, Kenya: Kenya continues to grapple with a significant and escalating burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) up to 2025. These diseases are responsible for most hospital deaths and over half of all hospital admissions, severely impacting…
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Health CS Aden Duale during the launch of the Polio Laboratory at KEMRI on Tuesday, September 16. Facebook MOH The Ministry of Health has launched an expanded Polio Laboratory at the Centre for Virus Research (CVR), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), which is expected to serve four countries. Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale, who launched…
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The Social Health Authority (SHA) headquarters in Nairobi. PHOTO | COURTESY Private hospitals under the Rural & Urban Private Hospitals Association of Kenya (RUPHA) will not treat patients using the Social Health Authority (SHA) insurance scheme unless Ksh.10.6 billion owed to the is paid by the state. The private hospitals on Sunday announced suspension of…
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Public Health PS Mary Muthoni engages residents of Kiangwaci in Kirinyaga County on September 20, 2025. She called for stricter enforcement of tobacco regulations. (Photo: X/PSMuthoni) Public Health Principal Secretary (PS) Mary Muthoni has called for stricter enforcement of tobacco regulations, warning that weak implementation of existing laws is fuelling drug abuse among young people.…
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Public Health PS Mary Muthoni engages residents of Kiangwaci in Kirinyaga County on September 20, 2025. She called for stricter enforcement of tobacco regulations. (Photo: X/PSMuthoni) Public Health Principal Secretary (PS) Mary Muthoni has called for stricter enforcement of tobacco regulations, warning that weak implementation of existing laws is fuelling drug abuse among young people.…
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The government has banned the movement of people into and out Eastleigh estate in Nairobi and Mombasa’s Old Town due to the high rate of Covid-19 infections in the two areas. Speaking during a media briefing at Afya House, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the restriction takes effect at 7 pm on Wednesday, May…
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Surgeons at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) have successfully removed a knife lodged into a teenager’s head through the eye. Abdi Shakur Saidi, a Form Two student from Nairobi’s Kayole estate, was walking home with his friends on New Year’s Eve when he was attacked and stabbed in the eye by unknown assailants. The teenager was…
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CHECK OUT: How to Start Earning with Copywriting in Just 7 Days – Even if You’re a Complete Beginner .ke journalist Harry Ivan Mboto has over three years of experience reporting on politics and current affairs in Kenya Private hospitals across the country have announced that patients under the Social Health Authority (SHA) will now…