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Vaccine-sceptical Tanzania urged to review evidence on COVID-19 shots
By Reuters,
1047, February 28, 2021 (EAT)
The Unites States urged vaccine-sceptical Tanzania on Friday to review evidence on the drugs, saying they work and are one of the tools to fight off t...
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Top Namibian official Selina Tjihero dies in Tanzania
By Agencies,
1109, February 18, 2021 (EAT)
Namibia's third secretary to Tanzania Selina Tjihero has died following a short illness. Namibia's ambassador to Tanzania Tobia Lebbeus announced her...
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Another top Tanzanian gov’t official John William Kijazi dies
By Citizen Reporter,
758, February 18, 2021 (EAT)
Tanzania's Chief Secretary of the State John William Kijazi has died. A statement from the government spokesman said Amb. Kijazi died on Wednesday ...
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Revoking global gag rule will save lives, civil society says
By Citizen Reporter,
2156, January 29, 2021 (EAT)
Kenyan civil society organizations (CSOs) focused on reproductive health and justice have welcomed US President Joe Biden’s decision to revoke the G...
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Biden signs memorandum reversing Trump abortion access restrictions
By CNN,
939, January 29, 2021 (EAT)
President Joe Biden signed a presidential memorandum on Thursday to reverse restrictions on abortion access domestically and abroad imposed and expand...
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PROFILE: Ngele Ali, holding space for communities to use their own voices
By Guest Writer,
1126, February 6, 2021 (EAT)
By Patience Nyange and Esther Kirago Ngele Ali is an award-winning media, communications for development and advocacy expert with over 20 years of ...
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UNDP, CRAWN Trust push for increased access to maternal, child health services
By Rachel Ombaka,
1632, December 16, 2020 (EAT)
Lack of access to maternal, child health services as well as poor provider attitudes have largely contributed to maternal deaths in Nairobi. Also Rea...
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NASCOP piloting a vending machine for HIV self-test kits
By Kadzo Gunga,
1005, December 1, 2020 (EAT)
Getting an HIV test could now be as simple as getting a packet of chips or a soft drink, this comes after the government introduced test kit vending m...
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Homa Bay County has the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rate – report
By Chemutai Goin,
1125, December 1, 2020 (EAT)
A new report now says at least 1.5 million Kenyans are living with HIV and more than 20,000 deaths were recorded in 2019 alone. Amid the COVID-19 p...
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BWIRE: After public lynching of KEMSA, what next?
By Guest Writer,
1810, November 23, 2020 (EAT)
By Victor Bwire The usual mob injustice, transactional nature and emotional approach to dealing with fraud and corruption in public institutions in...
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Biden win seen as green light for women’s reproductive rights
By Reuters,
858, November 9, 2020 (EAT)
Democrat Joe Biden as U.S. president will bring sweeping changes to women’s reproductive rights globally, starting with overturning a U.S. policy ba...
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Uhuru cautions against letting global COVID-19 response disrupt malaria fight
By PSCU,
749, October 20, 2020 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta has appealed to the global community not to allow the fight against COVID-19 interfere with efforts to eradicate malaria, pol...
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KNUN Secretary General Seth Panyako asks CS Kagwe to resign
By Zipporah Kariuki,
1236, August 30, 2020 (EAT)
The Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) Secretary-General, Seth Panyako has asked Health CS Mutahi Kagwe to resign. Speaking in Kakamega on Sunda...
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COVID-19 scandal: Mudavadi wants President Kenyatta to form Judicial commission of inquiry
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1518, August 23, 2020 (EAT)
ANC Party leader Musalia Mudavadi has called on President Uhuru Kenyatta to form a judicial commission of inquiry to probe the alleged theft and misap...
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KEMSA scandal: USAID, Global Fund threaten to withdraw Ksh.400B
By Sam Ogina,
2228, August 20, 2020 (EAT)
Two key donors have threatened to withdraw up to Ksh.400 billion earmarked for Kenya following the latest COVID-19 scandal linked to a government agen...
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OPINION: Dr. Ken Ouko, slain by disease many Kenyans still don’t believe is real
By Waihiga Mwaura,
1732, August 3, 2020 (EAT)
I will not pretend to say that I knew Dr Ken Ouko very well. Those tributes I will leave to his family, close friends, colleagues etc. But the litt...
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COVID-19: Kenya records 667 new cases, 311 recoveries, 11 deaths
By Ian Omondi,
1554, July 24, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya's COVID-19 infections on Friday shot to 16,268 after 667 more patients were diagnosed with the disease from 5,075 samples tested within the last...
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Museveni seeks re-election to extend his rule in Uganda to four decades
By Reuters,
1710, July 21, 2020 (EAT)
Uganda’s long-serving President Yoweri Museveni has collected papers to seek nomination as the ruling party’s candidate in next year’s president...
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Counting the burials: African nations scramble to track COVID-19
By Reuters,
1547, July 13, 2020 (EAT)
Long after the funding for his project was frozen, Bilal Endris has kept a lonely watch over cemeteries in Ethiopia’s capital by slipping cash to gr...
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Bill Gates calls for COVID-19 meds to go to people who need them, not ‘highest bidder’
By Reuters,
1435, July 12, 2020 (EAT)
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates called for COVID-19 drugs and an eventual vaccine to be made available to countries and people that need them mo...
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