KDHS data indicates that approximately half of educated and affluent women of reproductive age in Kenya are overweight or obese, whereas only about a quarter of their less educated counterparts fall into these categories. According to the recently released Kenya Demographic Health Survey (KDHS) for 2022, 50 percent of women aged 20 to 49 with …
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Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakumicha has taken action against eight branch managers of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) who have been accused of engaging in fraudulent activities to exploit Kenyan citizens. Nakumicha specifically criticized the involvement of cartels collaborating with branch managers to execute this deceitful scheme. On Monday, the Cabinet Secretary ordered the …
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The Ministry of Internal Affairs in Uganda has reported a significant rise in the number of men seeking DNA paternity tests for their children, with an increase of 70 percent. Previously, the average number of men requesting such tests was only three per month, but it has now escalated to a hundred within the same …
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Kerugoya Level Five County Referral Hospital, which will be opened by President William Ruto, brings great relief to the residents who will now be able to receive an array of specialized services for which they have always had to seek from facilities outside the county. The five-storey complex which stands tall in Kerugoya Town was …
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Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has criticised the actions of unscrupulous individuals undermining the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) scheme, stating that they are hindering the goal of achieving universal healthcare for Kenyans. He highlighted the involvement of cartels in the medical insurance business, who are motivated by their own interests rather than the welfare …
A meeting that brought together health specialists from Siaya County to discuss the effects of non-communicable diseases in the county, was informed that 50 percent of patients in public health facilities in the county were suffering from NCDs. According to the coordinator of the NCDs in Siaya, Peter Omoth, the diseases cumulatively account for 39 …
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As the world marks World Cancer Day on February 4, the Ministry of Health has emphasised the importance of cancer screening and to monitor lifestyle. This year’s theme, “close the care gap”, shows that it is every person’s responsibility to help in fighting the disease. “As this year’s theme is “close the care gap,” everyone has …
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Fresh hope for Kenyans battling obesity after the national drug regulator approved the use of a pill-sized gastric balloon that reduces a patient’s food intake. The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has given a clinic in Nairobi the greenlight to administer Allurion – a soft polyutherane balloon packed into a swallowable capsule connected to a …
Mombasa doctors on Wednesday issued a strike notice after the county failed to implement a return-to-work agreement signed in January last year. The doctors have also gone for two months without salaries. Speaking during a press conference in Mombasa, the doctors said all the county health workers have not been paid their November and December …
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A total of twenty-one children have undergone cleft-lip and palate surgery at the Nyanchwa Adventist Mission Hospital in Kitutu Chache South Sub County, Kisii County this year. Speaking during the commemoration of World Smile Day at the facility, Team Coordinator and Pediatric Nurse for the Cleft Josephat Bosire said many children in the region suffer …
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