Healthcare
Budget proposal brings healthcare closer to retirees
Reading Time: 2 minutes Good health is a key pillar to a successful retirement yet this age group is highly vulnerable and the need […]
Taskforce: Low quality healthcare in Nairobi due to poor funding
Reading Time: < 1 minute Low financing and poor sanitation are undermining the provision of quality healthcare to Nairobi residents. Dr Githinji Gitahi (pictured), chair […]
Implement President’s pledge on healthcare
Reading Time: 2 minutes It has been over 50 years since Kenya’s founding fathers pledged to address the three challenges that plagued Kenyans: poverty, […]
Healthcare workers exhibit depression
Reading Time: 2 minutes One in every four healthcare professionals across the country exhibits signs of depression, a new study shows. The study conducted […]
Healthcare tops Jubilee scorecard
Reading Time: < 1 minute President Uhuru Kenyatta used this year’s Madaraka Day celebrations to outline the development projects his administration has achieved in the […]
On healthcare, Uhuru’s scorecard is best in history
Reading Time: 2 minutes When he took over the reins of power in 2013, President Uhuru Kenyatta promised that his administration would transform the […]
Healthcare win as hospital evacuates DRC national for treatment
Reading Time: 3 minutes Kenya’s recent ranking among the countries with most improved health systems in Africa in the year 2020 after South Africa […]
Firm banks on an app to connect patients with doctors
Reading Time: 2 minutes A local firm has unleashed a mobile phone application TeleAfya, that seeks to bridge the gap between patients and doctors […]
Council of Governors want NHIF mandate divided to three
Reading Time: 2 minutes Governors want the mandate of the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF), divided into three independent components as part of reforms […]
Quarantine is a strategy of self-preservation
Reading Time: 2 minutes Many Kenyans outside the medical profession associate the word quarantine with outbreak of livestock diseases. But the outbreak of coronavirus […]