Tag: Health

Kenya’s 2026/27 financial year opened with an encouraging headline: Parliament has allocated KSh175.5 billion to health, including KSh19.1 billion for ...

The Social Health Authority (SHA) has announced the temporary suspension of M.P. Shah Hospital from its panel of contracted healthcare ...

Kenya's Ministry of Health announces that, under the Facilities Improvement Financing Act 2023, public health facilities can retain revenues locally ...

Take a walk through almost any town in Kenya today — Nairobi, Kisumu, Eldoret, Nakuru, even smaller towns like Kericho ...

The Social Health Authority (SHA) has announced the first facility in Kenya to receive its Green Label Service Charter, an ...

Metropolitan Hospital Nairobi, in partnership with Marengo Asia Hospitals of India, has performed the first robotic-assisted knee replacement surgeries in ...

The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC) has confirmed the shutdown of four illegal health facilities in Nairobi following ...

The Ministry of Health has announced a nationwide crackdown on public institutions that have failed to comply with the law ...

The Social Health Authority (SHA) has appointed eight senior officials to strengthen claims management and accelerate benefits administration nationwide. In ...

The County Government of Nairobi, through a County Executive Committee Memorandum No. 43 of 2025, signed in December 2025 by ...

East Africa’s future health systems will be digital, decentralised, and built through collaboration, according to stakeholders from government, health NGOs, ...

Siaya Governor James Orengo made his first public appearance following reports about his whereabouts and health status. Speaking in Karachuonyo ...

The Gates Foundation, on August 4, 2025, announced a groundbreaking $2.5 billion commitment through 2030 aimed at revolutionizing research and ...

Kenyan government faces a critical test of prioritising healthcare in the upcoming financial year despite the debt crisis and budget ...

Maintaining stable blood sugar levels is necessary for health and well-being. Medical practitioners have advised each individual, particularly people with diabetes ...

Health Cabinet Secretary Doborah Barasa has addressed concerns over the high medical costs incurred by Baby Ariana's family, acknowledging the ...

The government has pronounced itself on why the Social Heath Authority (SHA) payments will not be made through the digital ...

The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC) has raised alarm over unregistered medical and or dental practitioners offering services ...

The County Government of Nandi has announced 245 jobs in its health and administration departments on permanent and pensionable terms.  ...

Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) is set to dispose of 395 unclaimed bodies in a period of seven days. In a ...

The use of firewood in cooking poses detrimental health effects as the smoke, when inhaled, affects the human respiratory system. ...

The National Council of Churches in Kenya (NCCK) has raised concerns over the state of the healthcare sector in the ...

Salaried Kenyans are set to start remitting 2.75 percent of their gross salaries towards the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) ...

Three trade unions have issued a strike notice compounding government woes within the healthcare sector.  Public Health Officers, Specialists, Technicians, ...

The Ministry of Health is set to start positing medical interns from April 1, 2024, Cabinet Secretary, Susan Nakhumicha has announced.  ...

Government Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura has issued a statement warning to the public regarding the consumption of uninspected meat. Mwaura emphasized ...

A surge in the cases of conjunctivitis commonly known as 'red eye' across Kilifi and Mombasa counties has prompted health ...

The Kenya Environmental Health and Public Health Practitioners Union (KEHPHPU) has called out a section of the media for what ...

Cabinet Secretary for Health, Susan Nakhumicha on Sunday, November 12 delivered locally assembled smartphones to Community Health Promoters (CHPs) in ...

Breastfeeding is one of the most fundamental and organic ways to nurture a child, giving them the best nutrients and ...