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Prisoners at the Kamiti Maximum Prison. PHOTO/David Maraga
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Government races to enrol all inmates in SHA as coverage passes 60%

The Ministry of Health is working with the Department for Citizen Services through the National Registration Bureau and the Department for Correctional Services as part of the joint effort to register all inmat...

By Maureen Kinyanjui
New pharmacy rules won't shut out diploma professionals, Duale says
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New pharmacy rules won't shut out diploma professionals, Duale says

The CS said the rules should not be interpreted as preventing diploma holders from practising, explaining that they instead make a distinction between pharmacy professionals working in healthcare facilities and...

By Maureen Kinyanjui
566 mothers, 868 newborns die in Kenya in eight months
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566 mothers, 868 newborns die in Kenya in eight months

The number of perinatal deaths, involving children aged zero to 20 weeks, stood at 3,854 by August 31, making it the highest of the three categories tracked by the ministry.

By Maureen Kinyanjui
PS Oluga: Donor exit leaves Kenya with Sh72bn health funding hole
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PS Oluga: Donor exit leaves Kenya with Sh72bn health funding hole

Speaking during a Radio Generation interview on Wednesday, Oluga said Kenya has for years relied heavily on bilateral and multilateral partners to finance programmes covering HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, materna...

By Chrispho Owuor
World Health Organization Secretary General Tedros Ghebreyesus. PHOTO/Aljazeera
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More teens struggling to control social media use, WHO warns

About 34% of adolescents reported playing digital games every day, while 22% said they played for at least four hours on days when they gamed. Overall, 12% were considered at risk of problematic gaming, with bo...

By Chrispho Owuor