Tag: Health

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 ...

At least 16 hospitals in Italy have been treating cancer patients with a poor-quality imported drug that is not approved ...

Cotard’s syndrome, also referred to as walking corpse syndrome or Cotard’s delusion, is a psychiatric disorder, rare, characterized by delusions, ...

Kenya will from Wednesday April 12 host a two day a national level Nutrition symposium organized to raise awareness on ...

In this current day and age, I doubt any of us are alien to the mental health topic. As the ...

The Kenya Medical Research Institute recently detected an invasive mosquito species in Laisamis and Saku sub counties of Marsabit county ...

As someone who has struggled with seasonal allergy symptoms for years, I know firsthand how debilitating they can be. The ...

President William Ruto has said that time is ripe for the African continent to start manufacturing her own medicines and ...

The Government will refine and repackage incentives to attract more healthcare providers in the country. President William Samoei Ruto said ...

The Ministry of Health has launched the first-ever Oral Cholera vaccination campaign. The campaign will target sub-counties that have been ...

The deadliest cholera outbreak in Malawi's history has killed at least 1,210 people, while vaccines remain scarce and several other ...

In recent years, there’s been a huge, rising demand for donkey hides in China, where they are used to make ...

Once upon a time, cricket was seen as a universal game. Not just in its appeal to a global audience ...

The United Nations called Thursday for urgent funding to help thirty million children suffering from acute malnutrition "before it is ...

The true global death toll of Covid-19 remains difficult to nail down three years after the first case was detected, ...

Ogweno Stephen is a Kenyan health innovator who is primarily know for his role as the founder ad CEO of ...

Uganda on Saturday lifted a two-month lockdown on two districts at the epicenter of the country's Ebola epidemic, amid cautious ...

Asked what's on her wish-list for her tiny clinic, Tchimaden Tafa starts to reel off a long string of items ...

The United States on Wednesday announced a $150 million initiative to bring power to hospitals in Africa, hoping to address ...

A Malian mother who gave birth to nine babies in Morocco last year returned home on Tuesday with her infants, ...