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The findings come from a joint study by the African Institute for Development Policy and Global Solutions for Diagnostics and Laboratory Systems.
He encouraged citizens to report hospitals and clinics that continue to demand payments for outpatient care, saying they are undermining the governmen...
Rural and Urban Private Hospitals Association of Kenya (RUPHA) chair Brian Lishenga urged the government to embrace a hybrid digital health approach t...
The Bill introduces a unified quality assurance framework designed to eliminate entrenched fraud, weak oversight and collusion within Kenya’s healthca...
In recent years, AI language technologies for public health have increased rapidly. This wave of technology development really took off as the COVID-1...
The legislators have described the policy as punitive, demanding an immediate intervention from the Ministry of Health.
This upgrade at the Eastleigh Health Centre—from fewer than eight outdated beds—represents a major improvement in both comfort and care for expectant...
The move follows the groundbreaking ceremony for a modern funeral home within the hospital grounds, a key development expected to expand mortuary capa...
The development follows persistent complaints from a section of health providers about payment delays, which they say have disrupted service delivery...
The county government spokesperson, Jonathan Mativo, said the Kenya National Union of Nurses and Midwives (KNUN), Kilifi Branch, ignored a scheduled c...
The industrial action, which began on June 29, had crippled key health services across public facilities, leaving patients stranded and prompting wide...
Many of the protesting workers are mothers, some of them widowed, while others have been left to fend for their families after being divorced.
The Mokowe eye unit, the first in the county, was officially opened this week to provide consultations, treatment of eye conditions, surgical procedur...
KMA Secretary General Dr Diana Marion expressed concern over what the association describes as a disturbing trend of interference with healthcare serv...
The ideal method of compiling this list is to conduct a census, as Kenya did in 2023. But this takes resources. Some countries have compiled lists fro...
The World Bank adds that in the early 2000s, Africa enjoyed strong economic growth driven by high commodity prices and a surge in foreign capital infl...
If enacted, the Bill will require all health facilities to provide only the services they are licensed and qualified to offer. Those found operating b...
This increase marks a threefold allocation to the fund, which has historically been severely underfunded.
The total health budget has increased to Sh138 billion for the 2025/2026 fiscal year, up from Sh123 billion—a reversal of three consecutive years of b...
The Health CS attributed the situation to budget constraints, logistical challenges, and poor prioritisation of pharmaceutical waste management at the...
In a world where survival depends on showing up, even blood and pain don’t qualify as reasons not to report to work.
Okoa Uchumi says several proposals in the Finance Bill 2025 place an unfair burden on ordinary citizens while protecting elite interests, risking grea...
Known as Lipa SHA Pole Pole or Lipa SHA Mos Mos, the system allows Kenyan households, especially those in the informal sector, to pay their annual hea...
Key factors causing mental health challenges for healthcare workers include heavy workloads, limited resources, tough working conditions, delayed pay...
The unions under the Health Sector Caucus, said at least 97 Global Fund staff, mostly clinical and laboratory officers, have gone nearly a year withou...
More than 3,600 attacks were recorded against health workers and medical facilities in conflict zones, marking the highest number ever reported by the...
The system allows applicants to submit all required details electronically, including the facility name, location, classification, services offered, s...
Amnesty also said it had received “an alert from the healthcare professionals’ association” indicating that its president, Yonatan Dagnaw, “was arrest...
Of those admitted, 44,459 were in public facilities, despite Kiambu’s total bed capacity of only about 1,600.
The move follows outrage from doctors who say they are unable to access services despite monthly deductions.
