Health Care

National Guidelines On Workplace Mental Wellness Launched

The Ministry of Health has unveiled National Guidelines on Workplace Mental Wellness as it seeks to fulfil the constitutional mandate, which stipulates the highest standard of health as a right for all Kenyans.Health Cabinet Secretary (CS) Susan Nakhu…

KEMSA To Digitize Services To Increase Efficiency

The Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) plans to digitize its services by October 20th this year to enable efficient stock monitoring.Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr.Andrew Mulwa said that the authority is not just working on automation but deve…

State To Upgrade Health Facilities To Level-3 Hospitals

The national government will spend more than Sh2.3 billion on the upgrading of health facilities to level three status, the head of infrastructure development in the ministry of health, Michael Thuita, has said. Mr. Thuita, who was speaking at Urenga …

Eleven-day old baby undergoes successful heart surgery

An 11-day-old newborn has undergone a successful surgery to remove a catheter (foreign object) that was lodged next to her heart on Sunday at Luanda’s Cardiopulmonary Diseases Hospital Complex.

“This is the first surgery carried out on a child of th…

River Migori Pollution Posing Health Risk To Residents

River pollution in Kenya has become one of the major negative effects that have greatly contributed to global warming and climate change.
Major rivers dissecting urban centres across the country are chocked with sewer and solid waste discharges from …

Completion of Viana General Hospital work set for December

Construction work on the Viana General Hospital is at 82 per cent and could be finished by December of this year.This was announced Saturday during a working visit by the President of the Republic João Lourenço to the infrastructure, during which he re…

Makueni County On Track In Combating HIV

The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Kenya has lauded the Makueni government for efforts in combating HIV in the county, with HIV viral suppression currently at 96 per cent.CDC Kenya Country Director Dr. Jennifer Galbraith said on Tu…

Kuwait Medical Team Launches Free Medical Services in Addis Ababa

The Kuwait Surgical Team launched a free medical services today at St. Paul’s Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.The team, which includes 20 doctors, 11 nurses and 3 technicians, will conduct surgical treatment to about 200 patients in the coming five …