Alarm over shortage of wound-care nurses
By OLIVER MUSEMBI Medics have raised concerns over a shortage of healthcare workers, emphasizing the need to train and recruit more nurses specializing in the...
Category : Health
Two-decade fight against jiggers ends
By JANE WAITHIRAAfter nearly two decades of leading an intensive campaign against jigger infestation in Kenya, Dr. Stanley Kamau, the founder of Ahadi Trust Kenya,...
Kiambu performs first telemedicine surgery
By OLIVER MUSEMBI Doctors in Kiambu have achieved a major milestone after successfully performing the county’s first-ever caesarean section using telemedicine technology.The surgical team operated...
Outcry as police fault SHA hidden healthcare limits
A wave of anxiety and frustration is sweeping through the ranks of Kenya’s police service, as officers raise alarm over what they describe as restrictive...
Family sells everything as son fights deadly kidney disease
By GASTONE VALUSI He speaks in halting, monosyllabic bursts—like a child learning to talk. His reluctant, staccato speech, punctuated by deep breaths and sighs, betrays...
Over 400 Women in Restorative Fistula Surgery in Murang’a County
Approximately 120,000 women go untreated annually following the unending challenges facing the maternal healthcare infrastructure in the country, reflecting a growing national burden. This has...
Kenya considers 50 percent tobacco tax
All eyes are now on the government as it weighs a proposed tax increase on tobacco and nicotine products — a move health sector players...
Smart app empowers rural HIV fight
By AGGREY OMBOKI This digital “Circle of Care” ensured no patient fell through the cracks, and 90% of participants were satisfied with confidentiality and support...
Modernise TB messaging to curb the disease transmission among young people
merging statistics on the number of young people continuously being exposed to the impact of Tuberculosis are a stark reality that the right messaging on...
Infant rotavirus vaccine stocks critically low
By AGGREY OMBOKI The Ministry of Health (MoH) has alerted the public to a temporary disruption in the supply of the Rotavac Frozen rotavirus vaccine,...