NAIROBI, Kenya, 23 March 2017 – The Ministry of Health and the National Council for Persons with Disabilities have registered close to 350,000 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in the country. The Chief Physiotherapist, Mr. Titus Kilika, has confirmed that the
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NAIROBI, Kenya, 23 March 2017 – Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed is urging Kenya to establish a Medical Training College in Mogadishu. President Mohamed visited the Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) Nairobi Campus, on Thursday accompanied by Health Principal Secretary,
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NAIROBI, Kenya, 24 March 2017 – Kenya’s Tuberculosis disease burden is higher than initially thought with close to 40 percent of the country’s cases going undetected. The National TB Prevalence Survey, released on Friday shows that in 2015 Kenya diagnosed
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NAIROBI, Kenya, 21 March 2017 – Health Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Cleopa Mailu has confirmed the Government’s plan to recruit Tanzanian doctors is on course. The CS said the process of hiring doctors is not an association matter but a Government
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NAIROBI, Kenya, 20 March 2017 – Kenyatta National Hospital has doubled the number of patients seeking services after its doctors returned to work after signing a recognition agreement with the management. Health Cabinet Secretary (CS) visited the Hospital on Monday
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NAIROBI, Kenya 20 March 2017- The recruitment process to hire 500 doctors from the East African region has already commenced and hopeful they will start working by April. The Cabinet Secretary for Health, Dr. Cleopa Mailu, said the Government is
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NAIROBI, Kenya, 20 March 2017– The government has kicked off a two year massive campaign to distribute 15.1 million, Long-Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets (LLIN) to 23 Counties that are endemic to malaria. The campaign that ends in 2018 will cost
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MOMBASA, Kenya, 17 March 2017– The government is planning to provide dengue test kits to Mvita Sub County, Mombasa and other counties where the disease is endemic, to facilitate treatment and provision of data that will be utilized to establish
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NAIROBI, Kenya, 15 March 2017 – Four years ago, President Uhuru Kenyatta promised to upgrade public hospital facilities, provide free primary healthcare for expectant mothers and increase access to affordable healthcare. Prior to 2013, only four referral hospitals in Kenya
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