Health
Kakamega doctors threaten to down their tools
The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) Western branch has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the County government of Kakamega to call an urgent meeting to address issues in...
Read moreChetoto primary pupils in Trans Nzoia hospitalized; health official dismisses cholera outbreak
One hundred students and their teacher from Chetoto Primary School in the outskirts of Kitale town have been hospitalized at Kitale Level Four Hospital after developing health complications-diarrhoea and vomiting-...
Read moreWest Pokot government threatens to shut down businesses due to poor sanitation
The West Pokot County government has threatened to shut down all business premises in Makutano, Kapenguria and other major towns in the County over poor sanitation. Chief officer in the...
Read moreKamukuywa residents benefit from a free medical camp
It was a relief to many Kamukuywa ward residents in Bungoma County and those from the nearby wards after doctors from America set up a medical camp in the area...
Read moreNandi residents urged to embrace the use of mosquito nets
The Nandi Health CEC Mrs. Ruth Koech has urged the residents to embrace the use of free treated mosquito insecticide nets in order to tackle the rate of malaria infections. Addressing...
Read moreWest Pokot government puts in place measures to avert maternal and child deaths
The West Pokot County government has put in place measures to avert the alarming maternal and child deaths during delivery to improve the ailing health sector in the County including...
Read moreSuccessful knee replacement surgery conducted at Busia County Referral Hospital
Busia County Referral Hospital (BCRH) has become the first health institution in Western Kenya to conduct knee replacement surgery. Two patients underwent successful surgeries in the exercise led by American...
Read moreWest Pokot government launches trachoma treatment exercise
West Pokot County government has launched a trachoma treatment exercise targeting 600,000 people who are at risk of contracting trachoma within the entire County at a cost of Kshs 11.5...
Read morePolice in Kitale confiscate medical drugs stolen from a public hospital
Police officers in Kitale are holding a consignment of drugs, believed to have been taken from a government hospital and dispatched at a private health facility in Kiminini Sub County....
Read moreMothers in West Pokot tackling mother to child HIV transmission
Mothers in West Pokot County are on the forefront tackling HIV in a bid to curb mother to child transmission. A total of 515 born babies have tested negative and...
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