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The Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) in Kenya is a comprehensive public health insurance service under government administration, established by The Social Health Insurance Act of 2023. The Social Health…
Ahero Ward Member of County Assembly aspirant Tonny Abullo on Wednesday sweetly shocked patients at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kisumu by clearing their medical bills to…
The fight against malaria has been significantly strengthened in Siaya with NGO’s joining the County government with a view of injecting new ideas, and strategies aimed at reducing illness and…
The Ministry of Health has informed the public that the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) remains active and in use. This remains applicable even as the government works on the…
Red-eye Disease medically known as conjunctivitis has broken out in Siaya. Over the past few days, there has been growing concern about the increasing cases of red-eye infections reported in…
In 2015, Joy Milne made a remarkable claim: she could detect Parkinson’s disease by smell. It all began when she noticed a distinct odor after her husband’s diagnosis. Attending a…
HIV and Aids Tribunal has ordered a man to pay KES 850,000 to another man for disclosing his HIV status when they engaged in a heated political exchange in a…
Intern doctors say the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) betrayed them in its return-to-work agreement signed with the government on May 8, 2024. A week after the…
CRA Chair Mary Wanyonyi has endorsed the risk’s proposed by Lake region economic bloc to form part of the revenue sharing formulae. Wanyonyi says that LREB’s list of risks is…
What if we had a modern, state-of-the-art, fully equipped teacher wellness center? Can you envision a facility where teachers just walk in, speak about their problems, get assessed, and immediately…
Plan International Kenya will continue funding programs aimed at reducing teenage pregnancies and climate change mitigation projects even if the sponsorship projects they have been facilitating in Siaya come to…
Tracing and re-admission of teenage mothers back to class has received a major boost after stakeholders committed to join FAWEK to realize it’s objective. FAWEK and Mastercard Foundation have inked…
After weeks of silence, opposition leader Raila Odinga has finally spoken out on the ongoing doctors’ strike which has crippled medical services across Kenya, with negotiations between the State and…
By Eric Omwombo Victims of dog bites can access anti-rabies in Siaya health facilities. Some 3000 anti-human rabies had been dispatched to 10 health facilities across the six sub-counties. According…
“We want our young people to have fun during the Safari Rally, but fun that’s responsible.” At dusk on Saturday, two male university students were desperately searching for the stand…
Patients using National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) cards to pay for treatment were Tuesday left stranded following a system outage that lasted hours. Thousands of patients were forced to make…
At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr Patrick Amoth became prominent in households as Kenyans tuned in to their television sets for Covid-19 updates. What many don’t know is…
While a temporary bad smell right before it’s shower time is common, a smell so strong you can smell it through your pants could indicate other causes for concern. Your…
The government has set up a team to probe NHIF assets, liabilities, outstanding pension and other benefits before its winding up and transition to the Social Health Authority. Health CS…
According to “Healthline” magazine the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) affects both men and women in equal measure, but the symptoms can manifest differently in each gender. However, recognizing the signs…
