Ministry of Health Stories
Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale made the announcement, highlighting that teachers, like other registered and contributing Kenyans, can now access...
At the time of NHIF's closure in October 2024, hospitals had raised claims totalling Sh33 billion, accumulated between July 2022 and September 2024.
Appearing before a joint sitting of the Health and Education Committee on Thursday, Oluoch appealed for government support, saying the college is grap...
He urged the agencies to hold regular consultative meetings with county governments to identify challenges in the sector and work collaboratively to a...
The committee has been tasked with establishing the current legal and regulatory framework governing tissue and organ transplant services in Kenya and...
Duale said the Council plays a crucial role in ensuring that all Kenyans can access safe and quality healthcare regardless of their age or financial s...
The initiative, spearheaded by the Ministry of Health through the State Department for Public Health and Professional Standards, comes amid mounting c...
He further directed that all patients currently seeking transplant-related services at Mediheal be redirected to eight other licensed transplant centr...
The crisis has been years in the making. Although the cemetery was declared full in 2001, burials have continued there on a weekly basis.
The audit notes that counties were expected to contribute a combined Sh450 million for the 2023/24 financial year, but 12 counties did not provide Sh1...
While there is still much work to be done, Wajir Governor Ahmed Abdullahi said ongoing efforts are showing improvements to control the ongoing outbrea...
He attributed the surge in counterfeit medicines to corruption. He urged all Semi-Autonomous Government Agencies (SAGAs) and regulatory bodies under t...
Between 2017 and 2021, maternal deaths more than doubled—from 409 to 1,053—while 4,307 newborn deaths were recorded in 2021. Prematurity, birth asphyx...
Kenya Red Cross, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the Nairobi County Health Team, has intensified sanitation and hygiene campaigns in...
The assurance follows concerns raised after a recent meeting between the Ministry and key stakeholders where it was noted that the Kenya Health Inform...
The statement further noted that the MoH has deployed two mobile laboratories as part of an intervention to enhance early detection and treatment of t...
With cannabis use on the rise in Kenya, public health experts stress the need for awareness campaigns and targeted interventions to mitigate its impac...
Last month, the Health Ministry reported that 18,988,530 Kenyans had registered for SHA, but concerns over its effectiveness persist.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the KMPDC stressed that such locations were unsuitable for healthcare services due to the potential spread of infe...
