Kilifi County healthcare Stories

Kilifi County to establish special unit to combat drug theft
Farhiya Hussein  |  Jan 15, 2025

The decision follows the recent arrest of two county health officials accused of stealing drugs from Bamba Public Hospital in Ganze Constituency.

Drug shortages and struggle for health equity: Kenya's uphill battle to actualise Universal Health Coverage
Charity Kilei  |  Jan 11, 2025

As a cornerstone of Kenya's Vision 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals, UHC is driven by the principles of equity, quality, and financial prote...

Patients at risk as Senate audit exposes chronic failures in county hospitals
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 18, 2024

The facilities, which are supposed to provide basic health services, are severely understaffed, underfunded, and plagued by equipment shortages and fr...

Ruto grants health human resources taskforce 60 more days to finalise reform recommendations
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 15, 2024

According to President Ruto, its work is critical in addressing existing gaps in the recruitment, replacement, training, and retention of health worke...

Kilifi County modernises healthcare with new electronic medical records system
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 09, 2024

The EMR system’s success in Kilifi highlights its potential for nationwide adoption, promising to revolutionise Kenya’s healthcare sector through digi...

Senate probe reveals alarming financial mismanagement in Mandera healthcare facilities
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 05, 2024

The investigation, chaired by Senator Godfrey Osotsi, uncovered a pattern of financial mismanagement that paints a grim picture of the county's health...

Stop holding on to devolved functions, human rights lobbyists tell President Ruto
Barack Oduor  |  Dec 03, 2024

The lobbyists expressed doubt on President Ruto's commitment to ensuring that devolution succeeds.

Healthcare data gap hindering proper policymaking in developing nations
Charity Kilei  |  Nov 29, 2024

One prominent example of the gap in localised healthcare data can be seen in the area of smoking cessation and harm reduction strategies.

CoG launches financial manual to boost accountability in county health spending
Lucy Mumbi  |  Nov 25, 2024

The manual has already been piloted in Nyandarua, Lamu, and Meru counties, and is expected to play a key role in the government’s ambitious plans to a...

Primary healthcare facilities to get medicines by December, CS Barasa says
Charity Kilei  |  Nov 05, 2024

The Health CS noted that primary healthcare is the first point of contact and the closest level of care for patients.

Residents of Lamu’s Manda Island decry suffering due to poor health services
Farhiya Hussein  |  Oct 15, 2024

Pregnant mothers have to travel by boat across the vast Indian Ocean to Lamu Island’s King Fahad Hospital.

Women in Nairobi informal settlements plead for adequate healthcare funding
Barack Oduor  |  Sep 27, 2024

They said most women from underprivileged places in the county could not access good healthcare because of poverty.

KMPDU decries medics’ unsafe working conditions after intern’s tragic death
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 24, 2024

Obwogi, an intern at Gatundu Level 5 Hospital, was found dead on Sunday night at her balcony, with a rope around her neck.

Ruto calls for Africa to develop independent, sustainable health financing models
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 24, 2024

The Head of State emphasised the need for Africa to break away from the traditional multilateral funding systems, which he said have repeatedly failed...

Over half of Level Four hospitals fail to submit financial reports - Auditor General
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 05, 2024

Only 46 out of 110 municipalities had submitted financial statements for audit by June 2023.

Neglected healthcare: Women in Lamu remote villages struggle with pregnancy, childbirth
Farhiya Hussein  |  Sep 02, 2024

Sick children and hungry mothers struggle with inadequate health services, facing severe hardships and life-threatening conditions.

Kwale County shifts focus from construction of new health facilities to upgrading existing ones
Farhiya Hussein  |  Sep 02, 2024

The governor noted that the focus would now shift towards ensuring that all existing facilities are adequately stocked with medicines, equipped with n...

MCAs call for operationalisation of Coast General Hospital's Marimani Outreach Centre
Farhiya Hussein  |  Jul 31, 2024

MCA Ong'ao informed members that residents of Mwakirunge and its environs were forced to seek medical care from distant and costly private facilities,...

Opinion: Negligence by healthcare workers greatly undermines public trust
Amina Boru  |  Aug 01, 2024

There needs to be a robust mechanism for monitoring and evaluating healthcare practices to ensure that standards are upheld.

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