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Health Cabinet Secretary Deborah Barasa echoed these concerns, highlighting the devastating impact of drug abuse on young people.
The Ministry of Health is gradually increasing domestic healthcare financing to ensure uninterrupted access to these life-saving services, even as don...
These rising expenses are pushing many low and middle-income families into tough situations, often forcing them to make difficult decisions about thei...
Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna demanded accountability for lives lost during the transition.
The senators expressed frustration at the two officials' absence, describing it as a failure to fulfil their obligations to the Senate and to the Keny...
The Health CS noted that primary healthcare is the first point of contact and the closest level of care for patients.
Barasa assured Kenyans that her ministry has put in place measures to process claims within 90 days.
Health CS Deborah Barasa has said new HIV cases have fallen to 16,752 in 2023, down from 101,560 in 2013.
The recent polio vaccination campaign was done in Busia, Bungoma, Trans-Nzoia, West Pokot, Turkana, Nairobi, Kiambu, Machakos, and Kajiado.
Photographs on social media showed the medical officers sleeping on camping bags outside the ministry premises, covered in blankets.
CS Nakhumicha led a media engagement forum at which the transition was explained and its benefits highlighted.
They say that on top of struggling to understand SHIF calculations and the eTIMS systems, they are worried that the payments will leave them unable to...
President William Ruto had instructed that the outstanding arrears be cleared in two installments, with the first tranche scheduled for July 1, 2024.
The talks centred on human resource standards and challenges in the way of the universal health coverage (UHC) mission.
CS Nakhumicha urges the KMPDU "to do the honourable thing and call off the strike that has, on several occasions, been declared illegal."
Government officials say they are heading to court to seek clearance to have all the medics fired and replaced.
KMPDU Secretary-General Davji Atellah told the press that they must fight for interns, as they are the most vulnerable group in the profession.
The doctors have also taken a firm stance regarding the posting of interns, stating that it is non-negotiable.
Social Health Authority (SHA) Chairman Timothy Olweny confirmed the announcement that finally ends uncertainty on the matter.
