HEALTHCARE
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Fidelity Shield Insurance launches ‘My Afya Shield’ digital product
Fidelity Shield Insurance has announced the launch of My Afya Shield, a health coverage product designed to transform healthcare access in Kenya. This initiative reinforces Fidelity’s commitment to prioritizing preventive healthcare and enhancing wellness among its members. My Afya Shield offers an extensive range of benefits, including access to treatments, vaccines, counseling services, mental wellness support, rehabilitation services, and personalized wellness programs.…
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Old Mutual Health Revamps SME Health Insurance Product
Old Mutual Health, the health insurance arm of leading financial services provider, Old Mutual Group, has revamped its SME Health insurance product, taking into consideration the distinct needs of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The enhanced solution marks a significant step forward in providing comprehensive healthcare coverage with unmatched benefits to SMEs and their employees. The revamp was guided by…
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iSpecimen expands provider network to enhance support for women’s health research
iSpecimen, an online global marketplace that connects scientists requiring biospecimens for medical research with a network of healthcare specimen providers, announced it has expanded its global provider network to help advance women’s health research. These strategic collaborations significantly expand the availability of high-quality tissue and biofluid specimens for studies on cervical, uterine and breast cancers; reproductive health; cardiovascular disease; autoimmune…
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Is AI the answer to Africa’s healthcare sector woes?
The African healthcare industry faces an immediate challenge: a dire shortage of skilled professionals, leading to alarmingly low doctor and nurse-to-population ratios in many countries. Training medical professionals, especially specialists like pathologists or oncologists, is a multi-year long process. Moreover, foundational education at the primary and secondary levels is crucial to supply tertiary institutions with a stream of candidates equipped…
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A dive into family planning and contraception methods according to WHO
There are many different types of contraception, but not all types are appropriate for all situations. The most appropriate method of birth control depends on an individual’s overall health, age, frequency of sexual activity, number of sexual partners, desire to have children in the future, and family history of certain diseases. Ensuring access for all people to their preferred contraceptive…
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KLM delivers additional COVID- 19 vaccines to Kenya
On Tuesday 17th August, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines delivered an additional 407,000 coronavirus vaccine doses of AstraZeneca to Nairobi Kenya, as the country gears towards vaccinating majority of the population. The arrival of these vaccines marks the much anticipated beginning of the end of the pandemic for the region. This shipment comes in at a very critical time in Kenya,…
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Bliss Healthcare appoints Dr. Gabriel Njue its New Chief Operating Officer
Bliss Healthcare Limited has appointed Dr. Gabriel Njue as its Chief Operating Officer, taking over from Dr. Selepe Percival from South Africa. Bliss Healthcare is the largest integrated network of outpatient Medical Centres in Kenya with 70 Medical Centres spread across 38 Counties in Kenya and serves over 80,000 patients monthly. Dr. Gabriel Njue holds a Bachelor of Medicine and…
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Pwani Oil supports preventive health campaign in Kwale County
Over 500 nurses in Kwale County are taking part in preventive health awareness activities targeting local communities as part of the International Nurses Week. The campaign, supported through a partnership by Pwani Oil, Kenya Professional Nurses Association (KPNA) and Naivas Supermarkets, is part of the International Nurses Week. It seeks to sensitize the rural communities in the county on disease prevention while…
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Penda Health opens referral center, eyes telemedicine growth
Penda Health, a medical services provider operating 21 medical centres in Nairobi and its environs has officially opened an in-network referral center offering specialist services to its clients as it expands its affordable health care model currently targeting to serve more than 400,000 patients in 2021. The referral center located in Nairobi’s Central Business District will provide specialist services such as pediatric,…
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Healthcare and corruption are the top devolution misses in Kenya
The COVID-19 pandemic is hitting the country really hard. As of yesterday, Kenya had reported 15,601 positive cases and 263 deaths. Recovered cases stood at 263. Once again, the pandemic has exposed some weaknesses in our government system. Weaknesses we expected the devolved government would fix. When the current Kenyan constitution was promulgated on 27 August 2010, Kenyans had so…
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Kenya COVID-19 Fund, Equity Group Foundation and Health Ministry Distribute First Supply of Locally Manufactured PPEs
Kenya COVID-19 Fund Board flagged off the first consignment of locally manufactured PPEs to public hospitals in Kenya over the weekend. In collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Equity Group Foundation (EGF). The Board through its Health and Procurement Committees is coordinating the sourcing, quality assurance and distribution of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) for frontline health care workers at…
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Safaricom Foundation Donates PPEs To Healthcare Workers In Meru, Kajiado And Baringo
Safaricom Foundation has handed over personal protective equipment (PPEs) worth over KES 7 million to healthcare workers in Meru, Kajiado and Baringo. The PPEs are in support of the fight against the coronavirus in those three counties. Healthcare workers in Meru will receive N95 masks, hazardous materials suits, face shields, surgical gowns and masks as well as hand sanitsers “Our health…
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Health CS Mutahi Kagwe and experts share experiences with counterparts in China on Covid-19 with support from Huawei
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe and other health experts recently held a video conference call from Afya House with their counterparts in China to share experiences relating to the fight against the Coronavirus. With video conference equipment supported by Huawei, this was the first time the Kenyan delegation held a video conference with the Chinese Ministry of Health and other experts who have…
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GE Healthcare and Kenya Association of Radiologists host 2nd Radiology with Over 100 Healthcare Professionals
GE Healthcare and the Kenya Association of Radiologists (KAR) held the ‘2nd Radiology Clinical Day” to train more than 100 Kenyan radiologists on the latest medical imaging technologies and techniques to improve diagnosis and disease management. The one-day forum themed ‘Elevating Radiology’ was focused on Gastrointestinal and abdominal radiology. Topics covered included advanced technologies in body imaging, advanced digital mammography…
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