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KENYA – The Ministry of Health is collaborating with Japanese engineers on a Vaccination Management System (VMS) that will include biometric technologies. This system aims to improve the survival rates…
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KENYA – The Ministry of Health has attributed cholera deaths and a surge in cases to inadequate resources to facilitate testing of the disease. Shortage of laboratory re-agents also hampers…
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AFRICA – The COVID Treatment Quick Start Consortium has announced that the governments of Zambia, Laos, Malawi and Rwanda have received shipments of PAXLOVID (nirmatrelvir/ritonavir), Pfizer’s COVID-19 oral treatment. Partners…
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KENYA – The Principal Secretary of the State Department of Medical Services, Eng. Peter Tum, met with representatives from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to discuss the Development…
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KENYA – The President of Kenya, His Excellency William Ruto, has appointed a seasoned surgeon Prof. Stanley Khainga as the chairperson of the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDU),…
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KENYA – The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) has appointed Samson Kuhora as acting CEO with effect from March 14 as the term of the current CEO Peter Kamunyo comes…
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KENYA – Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital, a leading medical facility in Nairobi, has unveiled its upgraded facilities including a new blood transfusion center, renal unit, ICU, and playground. The Cabinet…
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AFRICA – FIND, a global alliance for diagnostics and KILELE Health Association have launched a community engagement coalition to expand cervical cancer screening in sub-Saharan Africa. The coalition will identify…
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KENYA – To reach more children with the vaccine, the Ministry of Health is scaling up malaria vaccination using the world’s first malaria vaccine, RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S), in an additional 25…
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KENYA – Self-collection sample test is seemingly becoming more preferred than pap smear for cervical cancer screening after most women in Kisii county chose it. An ongoing medical camp in…
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