Latest health stories from across Kenya.
The cost of cancer for 28-year-old Alice Mwangwe is measured in years of treatment, chemotherapy, hospital bills and the continuing uncertainty of living with a disease that changed her life.
Healthcare providers across Kenya have been told to complete new contracts with the Social Health Authority (SHA) by Wednesday or lose the ability to treat patients covered by the national scheme. Current agreements expire at 11:59 pm on…
The Social Health Authority (SHA) has issued a September 30, 2026 deadline to healthcare providers seeking to continue offering services to its beneficiaries. SHA said existing contracts with healthcare providers and facilities will expire…
Lead is a naturally occurring toxic metal, but human activities have made it a widespread environmental contaminant.
Activist Collins Otieno has been found after reportedly disappearing while seeking assistance to trace fellow activist Boniface Mulinge Muteti, who had also gone missing on Monday, September 21.
KMPDU has signed a Recognition Agreement with Mwai Kibaki Referral Hospital (MKRH) in Othaya, Nyeri County, paving the way for negotiations towards a CBA.
Keya said that he was shot three times in the back outside Parliament during the protests and was initially listed among the deceased. He is now appealing for K
On any given Friday evening, as Kenyans gather in bars, homes and roadside dens, a parallel alcohol economy thrives alongside the formal one. Illicit liquor—ranging from traditional home brews to cheap, high-strength bottled spirits and…
Busia County has several public and private facilities recognized as Social Health Authority (SHA) providers. The county has different levels of care, from Level 4 hospitals to medical, dental, and eye clinics, including promotive,…
Kenya is pursuing one of the most consequential health system transformations in decades: expanding primary healthcare, strengthening community-level prevention, and redesigning health financing around Universal Health Coverage.
Under an unmarked block of concrete in a Nairobi cemetery lie the remains of Judy, an HIV-positive Kenyan sex worker, who died just hours before she was due to meet AFP last month, one more victim of US aid cuts.
Makueni County has public and private health facilities approved to provide services under the Social Health Authority (SHA), ranging from Level 5 hospitals to medical, dental, and specialized outpatient clinics. The facilities are…
Wild Geese You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will…
The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC) has issued a fresh notice to health institutions and healthcare providers over the performance of major invasive procedures by unqualified personnel. In a notice on Tuesday,…
It was 3 p.m. when he walked up to the Customer Care desk. I instinctively prepared myself for what I assumed would be another complaint, query or one of those wonderfully unpredictable questions that come with working at a hospital’s…
Vihiga Governor Dr Wilber Khasilwa Ottichilo has reaffirmed the importance of strengthening nursing and midwifery as key pillars in the delivery of quality and resilient healthcare across the East, Central and Southern Africa region.…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 18 – The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi has performed robotic-assisted surgery to remove an ovarian cyst, expanding its robotic surgery programme to gynaecological care. The procedure…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 18 – Jubilee Health Insurance has been named Best Digital Insurance Provider at the Kenya E-Commerce Awards 2026. The award comes as the insurer expands its use…
Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi (AKUH,N) has expanded its robotic surgery programme to gynaecological care after successfully performing a robotic-assisted procedure to remove an ovarian cyst measuring more than 10 centimetres.
Jubilee Health Insurance has been named Best Digital Insurance Provider at the Kenya E-Commerce Awards 2026, highlighting the insurer’s growing use of digital platforms to enable customers to access, purchase and manage medical cover.
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The Social Health Authority (SHA) has contracted several healthcare facilities in Garissa County, categorized by management type and Kenya Essential Package for Health (KEPH) level. The approved facilities include the county’s main…
The fight against pneumonia must also begin before a child reaches hospital. Vaccination, handwashing, good sanitation and reducing exposure to indoor air pollution can lower the risk of severe respiratory infections.
The push follows a presidential directive for at least 50 percent of essential health products to be manufactured locally by 2026 and the Ministry of Health’s Local Manufacturing Strategy 2026–2030.
The healthcare sector in Kenya is expected to move closer toward self-reliance as regional manufacturers, regulators, and investors gather at a forthcoming continental summit aimed at expanding local pharmaceutical production and reducing…
