Biden signs memorandum reversing Trump abortion access restrictions

By CNN,

President Joe Biden signed a presidential memorandum on Thursday to reverse restrictions on abortion access domestically and abroad imposed and expand...

abortion , marie stopes , PEPFAR

UNDP, CRAWN Trust push for increased access to maternal, child health services

By Rachel Ombaka,

Lack of access to maternal, child health services as well as poor provider attitudes have largely contributed to maternal deaths in Nairobi. Also Rea...

coronavirus , infant mortality , maternal deaths , Pumwani , Universal Health Coverage

Uhuru lauds Maendeleo ya Wanawake for fighting for women’s rights

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has commended Maendeleo ya Wanawake Organization (MYWO) for its frontline role in fighting for women’s rights in Kenya. ...

kobia , Maendeleo Ya Wanaume Organization , UNFPA , women's rights

Counties end UHC pilot phase due to lack of funds

By Raquel Muigai,

As the rest of the world continues to evaluate commitments to achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC), Kenya's attempts to provide UHC remain shroud...

Dr. James Nyikal , President Uhuru Kenyatta , UHC

OPINION: Nurses, doctors and everyone else employed under UHC must be paid

By Guest Writer,

By Catherine Maina If you have followed my writing long enough, you know I call out injustice without mincing my words. You also know I accord ...

Doctors , Nurses , strike , Universal Health Care

Clinical workers issue Gov’t with irreducible minimums, threaten to strike in 14 days

By Raquel Muigai,

The National Advisory Council of the Kenya Union of Clinical Officers (KUCO) has issued a 14-day strike notice citing lack of Personal Protective Equi...

clinical workers , coronavirus , COVID-19 , KUCO

Highlights from President Kenyatta’s State of the Nation Address

By Benjamin Muriuki,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has sought to reassure Kenyans that the State of the Nation is strong despite the economic disruptions brought about by the C...

President Uhuru Kenyatta

President Kenyatta meets Pope Francis at start of official visit to Vatican

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta kicked off his official visit to the State of the Vatican City on Friday with a meeting with his host His Holiness Pope Franc...

Pope Francis , vatican

Uhuru unveils policy measures to speed up UHC roll-out

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta today unveiled a raft of policy interventions aimed at fast tracking the national rollout of the Universal Health Coverage (U...

NHIF , UHC

Kirinyaga residents urged to embrace routine cancer screening

By Johnson Muriithi,

Residents of Kirinyaga County have been urged to embrace routine screening for cancer to enable early diagnosis and timely treatment. Speaking duri...

OPINION: The unspoken inequality of the COVID-19 pandemic

By Guest Writer,

By Levi Gikandi 243 days ago, on a feverishly hot Wednesday afternoon, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta stood in the manicured State House grounds w...

coronavirus , inequality , inua jamii , Kibera , Oxfam

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta backs fight against cancer in counties

By PSCU,

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has assured of her continued support to ongoing initiatives to combat cancer at the county level. In a message deliver...

beyond zero , cancer , First Lady Margaret Kenyatta , Laikipia County.

Early identification of prehypertension as a preventive measure can avert associated morbidity and death

By Citizen Reporter,

As Kenya joined the world in marking World Hypertension Day on Saturday, a new study has revealed an overall burden of 54.5% and 20.8% for prehyperten...

health

COVID-19 cases in Kenya cross 40K mark after 271 test positive

By Tabitha Rotich,

COVID-19 cases in Kenya have crossed the 40,000 mark after 271 more people tested positive. Health CAS Aman on Thursday said the total number of th...

coronavirus

Nyeri residents to pay for public hospital visits as county seeks to raise Ksh.1B revenue

By Martin Munene,

Nyeri County will start collecting hospital charges after a two-year break that saw the Universal Health Coverage Program financing the hospital bills...

nyeri county

Uhuru: Let’s use COVID-19 lessons to anchor UHC roll-out

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has called for the utilization of knowledge gained from the global and national response to Covid-19 in the roll-out of Unive...

coronavirus , UHC , Uhuru

President Uhuru Kenyatta says Kenya has begun to flatten COVID-19 curve

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has lauded efforts of Kenyans in fighting against COVID-19 saying the country has begun to flatten the curve. Also Read: W...

coronavirus , COVID-19 curve

Providing women with contraception could save poor countries billions – researchers

By Reuters,

Low- and middle-income countries could save billions of dollars a year in health care costs by investing in making contraception widely available to w...

contraceptives , reproductive health

Sports Committee chair Makau vows to push implementation of gaming bill

By Stanley Mativo,

Newly appointed Sports Committee chairman in the National Assembly Patrick Makau has vowed to fast-track the implementation of the gaming Bill, which ...

Patrick Makau

OPINION: COVID-19 crisis presents opportunity for Kenya to rethink

By Guest Writer,

By Allan Chesang Disruption. That is probably the most (mis)used word of the quarter - and rightfully so. I bet we can all agree that with a...