Six thousand bars and eateries in the Nairobi Metropolitan region will receive training on Covid-19 safety protocols by June this year. The announcement comes barely a week after the Pubs, Entertainment, and Restaurants Association of Kenya (PERAK) indicated that more than 30 per cent of the bars and restaurants in operation before the pandemic have …
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Garissa County Referral Hospital has officially opened its children’s diabetes management centre constructed and equipped by the Safaricom Foundation. The clinic which has been furnished with modern equipment for diabetes detection and management will provide services to residents of Garissa, Kitui, Tana River, Isiolo and Wajir Counties. The foundation invested Ksh 12 million in constructing …
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Kenya’s current administration has placed a great emphasis on the health care sector. Given that the country has one of the youngest populations in the world by average age, Nairobi is aware that investment in social services will be a key component of supporting growth and development in the coming years. Yet while the health …
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Story by Charity Kihumba Unknown to many people, a charitable trust aiming at helping people and especially children living with albinism has been operating in Kenya for over 12 years. The purpose of its Help Ever-Hurt Never initiative is to bring together people of goodwill interested in joining hands with the organization to improve the …
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Health policies and practices in Africa should be informed by the national health research systems. Strengthening health systems will ensure country-generated health research that will inform national strategies for achieving universal health coverage. Improving national health research systems is key to connecting health research and health care and therefore there is a need to systematic …
Public health and health research systems programme on course at KEMRI Read More »
Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Medical Enterprises can now access affordable financing options with flexible repayment arrangements through a partnership between Family Bank and Wellwise Solutions. “Our main aim is to ease access to capital for private healthcare entrepreneur’s hence promoting the provision of quality essential healthcare services, acquisition of new technology and increase employment rate …
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Insurance companies are seeking to limit the amount of money they can pay for each claim arising from the treatment of Covid-19 as the underwriters face the possibility of increased expenses related to the respiratory disease that could push them into losses. Industry players have been meeting to develop a joint response to the directive …
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The pharmaceutical industry in Kenya is growing at a rapid pace and offers excellent opportunities for exporters and manufacturers to establish their products and services in the lucrative market for pharmaceuticals in East Africa. Kenya is currently the largest producer of pharmaceutical products in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) region, supplying about …
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The pharmaceutical landscape in Kenya constitutes a number of multinational companies that are present through locally incorporated affiliates, technical representative offices and local technical agents. The presence of these companies has made the industry more competitive, with an emphasis on maintaining both quality and affordability. HealthyKenya Magazine has mapped the leading 25 players working across manufacturing, …
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Roll up for Donald Trump’s old West traveling medicine show. He’s marketed steaks and real estate, board games and vodka, but nothing the incorrigible salesman has tried to hawk measures up to his latest routine as he speculated on a possible new cure for Covid-19. For most of his life as a pitchman, Trump has …
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