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Foreign visitors to Kenya must have Sh6.5 million health insurance cover under new rules

Kenya has gazetted new Social Health Insurance Regulations, 2024, making travel health insurance mandatory for all inbound visitors and setting…

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VIDEO: Sniffer dog busts Taiwanese man with heroin at Kenya-Tanzania border -The Standard Health

 VIDEO: Sniffer dog busts Taiwanese man with heroin at Kenya-Tanzania border [Courtesy] A suspected attempt to smuggle heroin into…

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Kenya calls for sustainable UK health partnerships to strengthen healthcare

The government has underscored the need for Kenya and the United Kingdom to build on five years of health collaboration…

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What Big Bank Earnings Just Revealed About the Health of the U.S. Consumer

Key PointsOil prices are high, inflation is running hot, and Wall Street is tentatively watching consumers.Bank earnings from the industry…

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Heat-Resistant Drug Helps Kenya Cut Deadly Childbirth Bleeding in Remote County – Health Business

For decades, preventing excessive bleeding after childbirth depended on a medicine that had to remain refrigerated from factory to delivery…

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Ageing with Dignity: A National Responsibility – Health Business

 By Sr. Agnes NgureExecutive Director, Care for Ageing Sisters Association Kenya (CASAK)Everyone hopes to age with dignity, good health, and…

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Kenya’s new health policies are abandoning infertile Wanjiku

 Infertility should be recognised as an essential reproductive healthcare issue.[Courtesy] Imagine paying your monthly health insurance premium without fail,…

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As 62nd Human Rights Council closes, WCC supports climate safety, global health

The Human Rights Council, established by the UN General Assembly resolution in 2006, commemorated its 20th anniversary this year.  The…

1 month ago

Kenya, US Sign Sh206bn Health Partnership Deal to Support UHC and Disease Control Programmes

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 15 – Kenya and the United States have signed a new five-year health cooperation agreement worth approximately…

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Health unions call nationwide strike from July 20 over unresolved grievances

A section of UHC staff protest outside Afya House on July 8, 2026/LEAH MUKANGAIPublic health services across the country face…

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