Health
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First Lady Kenyatta appeals for palliative services inclusion in primary healthcare
First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has appealed to healthcare service providers in the country to include palliative care, including cancer management,…
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Mathari Teaching and Referral Hospital set for facelift
The Mathari Teaching and Referral Hospital is set for a facelift with Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe expressing the government’s…
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Kenya extends curfew for further 30 days
The Kenyan government has extended the nationwide curfew for one more month. In his address on Monday, while launching the COVID-19 information…
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Tanzania’s environment watchdog destroys 7.5 tons of banned plastic bags
Tanzania’s environment watchdog has destroyed 7.5 tons of banned plastic bags seized in Dar es Salaam and Coast regions, an…
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WHO launches new strategy to save over 200,000 lives annually
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and partners have today launched the first ever global strategy to defeat meningitis, a devastating…
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Kenya receives 210,000 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from U.S
Kenya has received the second batch of 210,000 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines from the United States, boosting the country’s…
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Contraceptive use among women drop significantly owing to COVID-19
Over a period of three months in lockdown due to COVID-19, 152,000 Kenyan teenage girls became pregnant, a 40 percent…
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Kenya’s COVID-19 fatalities hit 5,082 with 5.4% positivity rate
The number of COVID-19 fatalities in Kenya reached 5,082 on Friday, after the Health Ministry announced 47 new deaths. The…
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CDC approves COVID-19 booster shots
Millions of Americans vaccinated against the coronavirus with overlying medical conditions will be eligible for third doses. This comes after…
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Air pollution killing 7 million annually, Says WHO.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has  sounded an alarm with revelation that exposure to air pollution causes at least seven…
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