Debts, Deletions, and Downgrades: Private Hospitals Bulk as SHA Withholds Billions
Kenya’s promise of universal health coverage now reads as bitter irony, with officials sermonizing about “free primary healthcare” even as hospitals stagger under KSh 76 billion in unpaid bills. The [...]
HewaTele Secures US$ 10.5Mn to Build East Africa Medical Oxygen Plant
HewaTele Limited, a Kenyan medical oxygen producer, has secured US$10.5 million from AfricInvest’s Transform Health Fund to build a large-scale plant capable of producing oxygen at 99.6% purity. “Oxygen is [...]Kenya Raises Alarm Over Ozempic Abuse As Drugmaker Faces Piling Lawsuits Abroad
Kenya's Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has issued a sharp warning over the rising misuse of Ozempic, a diabetes medication increasingly sought after for weight loss. “In light of the [...]Factories in Crisis, Hospitals in Distress as CEOs Warn of Uneven Recovery-CBK Study
Kenya’s economy may be on the mend, but two critical sectors-manufacturing and health-are buckling under financial strain, threatening to drag down the broader recovery, a new Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) survey [...]Paratus Launches Affordable Satellite Connectivity for Health Clinics, Community Centres
Pan-African telecoms and network services provider Paratus Group has launched Paratus Connect2Care, an initiative providing affordable, high-quality satellite internet to empower health centres and community centres in Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, [...]
Eight Insurers Suspend Nairobi Hospital Over Tariff Hike as Governance Disputes Escalate
The Nairobi Hospital is facing simultaneous pressure from its largest medical insurance partners and internal governance challenges. According to Osano, independent comparisons showed the revised rates remain competitive against peer [...]
Kenya Has Wiped Out Sleeping Sickness- WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness as a public health problem, making it the tenth country to reach [...]New Bill Aims to Bring Herbal Medicine Under KEMRI’s Control
German Pharmaceutical Company Backs Two Kenyan Health Startups
Boehringer Ingelheim, a German pharmaceutical company, has expanded its Social Engagement Fund portfolio with new investments in Kasha Global and Reach52, two fast-growing Kenyan health startups focused on solving some [...]Kenya’s Teenage Motherhood Crisis: Over 125,000 Babies Born to Adolescents in 2024
Kenya continues to grapple with a deepening adolescent reproductive health challenge, as data from the Kenya Vital Statistics Report 2024 reveals that 125,019 live births, 11.3% of all registered births, [...]Gold Rush in South Kivu, DRC, Triggers Cholera Outbreak
Until recently, Lomera was a quiet lakeside village, barely known to most residents of South Kivu, DRC. That changed overnight last December when gold was discovered in its hills. “Everything [...]As New SHA CEO Takes Office, Health Facilities Face Deepening Cashflow Crisis
Between January and March this year, only 20% of facilities contracted under SHA’s Primary Health Care (PHC) model received full monthly reimbursements, according to a new survey of 332 health [...]
