Health & Sanitation
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Madison Insurance declines to lift suspension of Nairobi Hospital despite halting of price hikes
Madison General Insurance Kenya has declined to lift the suspension of The Nairobi Hospital from its network despite its decision…
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Nairobi Hospital puts off price hikes after talks with insurers
The Nairobi Hospital has agreed to suspend implementation of the recent price review following a meeting with key insurance providers,…
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Spotlight on CS Duale, Mwangangi as health crisis deepens following SHA- SHIF OTP’s systems flop
Kenya’s healthcare is metaphorically ailing with the collapse of the OTP-based authorisation for the Social Health Authority (SHA) and the…
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Agony for deceased civil servants’ kin as Mwangangi defies Treasury on settlement of last expense premiums
Spouses and children of deceased civil servants and National Youth Service (NYS) officers have been left high and dry after…
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FIND hails Health ministry after Kenya declared free of sleeping sickness
Geneva-based FIND (Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics) has congratulated the ministry of Health following the announcement by the World Health…
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Sleeping sickness no longer a public health problem in Kenya, WHO declares
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has validated Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness as a…
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Duale suspends 40 hospitals over fraudulent SHA dealings
Forty Hospitals have been suspended by the ministry of Health over fraudulent dealings while seeking settlement of claims from the…
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AMREF air ambulance was enroute Somalia to evacuate a sick child
The ill-fated light aircraft air ambulance belonging AMREF Flying Doctors, which crashed at Mwihoko in Githurai 45, Nairobi killing six…
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US order to destroy contraceptives worth Sh12.53 billion to affect 108,000 women in Kenya
Up to 108,000 women will not have access to contraceptive implants following an order by US President Donald Trump’s administration…
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SHA registration goes digital in push to combat fraud
Amid rising cases of health facilities making fraudulent payment claims, the government has come up with a biometric screening system…
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