Pathologists Lancet Kenya has to rebranded to Cerba Lancet Kenya
Pathologists Lancet Kenya has announced the completion of its rebrand process and will now be known as Cerba...
Health
Kenya to train 25,000 community health workers in partnership with Africa CDC & Kenya Red Cross
Kenya has launched a community health initiative that will boost primary health care at the grassroots, targeting under-served...
Mars Wrigley hosts dental camp for Lamu residents ahead of World Oral Health Day
Over 1,000 residents in Lamu County have received free dental services from the Kenya Dentists Association (KDA) and...
Uniting to Combat NTDs appoints Dr Winnie Mpanju-Shumbusho as Board Chair
Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) has announced the appointment of Dr Winnie Mpanju-Shumbusho as the new...
Zero Malaria Campaign Coalition launches campaign to combat malaria in Kenya
The Zero Malaria Campaign Coalition (ZMCC) has launched a new Zero Malaria Starts With Me campaign dubbed, The...
Gertrude’s to host annual walk on March 17 to raise funds for childhood cancer treatment
Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital has launched the third edition of its annual cancer walk event which raises funds for...
How VIEBEG is expanding access to affordable health care in Central and East Africa
Health tech company, VIEBEG Technologies, is helping to expand access to affordable healthcare in Central and East Africa...
7 new Equity Afia medical centres opened across the country
The Equity Group Foundation (EGF) has opened 7 new Equity Afia medical centres to increase health coverage. The...
Standard Chartered rolls out parental & menopause cover for all employees
Standard Chartered has rolled out changes to its employee benefits programme in line with its continued ambition to...
Old Mutual partners with pharmacies to help customers treat minor ailments
Old Mutual Health has launched the innovative Pharmacy First service in partnership with Haltons Pharmacy and Goodlife Pharmacy....
Philips Foundation to improve healthcare in Kenya by supporting social entrepreneurs
Philips Foundation has announced its commitment to improve healthcare in Kenya by supporting local social entrepreneurs. With a...
Free medical camp hosted at Mabati Medical Centre in Mariakani
A medical camp organized by the Safal MRM Foundation in partnership with the Lions Club of Mombasa Pwani,...
AAR launches ShwAARi, a single limit medical health cover
AAR Insurance Kenya has announced an addition to its portfolio of the ShwAARi medical health cover. Some of...
M-PESA Foundation supports access to health in Trans Nzoia & Homa Bay
Over 3500 patients are expected to benefit from medical camps, funded by M-Pesa Foundation. The camps are in...
AREF Roche & Genentech launch fellowship program for African scientists
Roche and the Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF) have launched a new fellowship program to support the next...
Lessons for Africa from a malaria free Belize
It can indeed be done: malaria can be eliminated. Countries are declared malaria-free by the World Health Organisation...
Zhende Medical to build medical production facility in Tatu City
Zhende Medical Co. Ltd., a company specializing in the production and sale of disposable medical devices, will build...
Britam partners with pharmacies to expand access to outpatient healthcare to clients
Britam General Insurance has partnered with Haltons Pharmacy, GoodLife Pharmacy, Malibu Pharmacy and MYDAWA Online Pharmacy to launch...
66 paediatric nurses graduate from the Gertrude’s Institute of Health and Child Research
Kenya’s healthcare system is set for enhancement as 66 dedicated individuals today graduated from the Gertrude’s Institute of...
World Thrombosis Day 2023 encourages public to spread awareness of blood clots
World Thrombosis Day is a global effort established by the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH). The...
Funding by Gates Foundation & EIB to provide more polio vaccines
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a new financing partnership to...
National dialogue on the health workforce for UHC: Why Wanjiku must remain the true North
Barely a year into office, the Government established the Kenya Health Human Resource Advisory Council (KHHRAC), a state...
Gates Foundation to invest in mRNA vaccine research & manufacturing in Africa
At the 2023 Grand Challenges Annual Meeting, Bill Gates, Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, announced...
LG Electronics & Kenya Red Cross partner in blood donation drive
LG Electronics has partnered with the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) and Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority (KTTA)...
Smile Train launches training in paediatric anaesthesia in Africa
Smile Train has launched the Paediatric Anaesthesia Training in Africa (PATA) program in partnership with The ELMA Foundation...
Revital Healthcare receives WHO Prequalification for early activation auto-disable syringe
Revital Healthcare EPZ Ltd has been granted pre-qualification (PQ) status by the World Health Organization (WHO) for their...
iZola & Zuri Health among 30 startups selected for AI for Health Google Growth Academy
The Google for Startups Growth Academy: AI for Health has unveiled its 2023 cohort, spotlighting 30 startups from...
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...
29 African startups in healthcare selected to receive funding from the Gates Foundation
Investing in Innovation Africa (i3), a pan-African initiative for start-ups building the future of healthcare supply chains, has...
Hurone AI partners with Jaramogi Teaching and Referral Hospital in fight against cancer
Hurone AI, a global oncology software market leader has announced a partnership with the Jaramogi Teaching and Referral...
East Africa’s largest Healthcare Exhibition closes in Nairobi
Medic East Africa and Medlab East Africa, East Africa’s largest healthcare exhibition & congress, closed its doors today...
Rotary Clubs & Surgical Society of Kenya to host a free surgical camp in Narok County
The Rotary Clubs of Nairobi Magharibi, Maasai Mara, and Enkare-Narok have partnered with the Surgical Society of Kenya...
Old Mutual commits to continue supporting the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene sector
Old Mutual has reaffirmed its commitment to support the realization of SDG 6, which seeks to ensure access...
First Lady Rachel Ruto opens Segera Mission hospital in Laikipia North Constituency
First Lady Rachel Ruto has called for urgent maternal health care in the arid and semi-arid areas during...
Gertrude’s Hospital to raise Ksh.15 million for early cancer diagnosis & treatment in children
Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital has announced its 2nd Annual Cancer Walk event, that aims to raise Ksh. 15 million...
Safaricom Foundation donates medical equipment to hospitals in Uasin Gishu & Taita Taveta
Safaricom Foundation, through its Ndoto Zetu initiative, has donated medical equipment to four health centres in Uasin Gishu...
WHO updates list of emergency medication needed in case of nuclear war
The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its list of medication that should be stockpiled for radiological and...
Report: Children with clefts in North Africa & Asia more likely to be malnourished than their counterparts
A new report has found that one in three children in Africa and South Asia is malnourished, and...
CIC Group launches CoopCare, a medical cover for cooperatives in Kenya
CIC Group has today announced that it has a launched a medical product specifically for cooperatives in Kenya,...
Del Monte to host cancer screenings in Murang’a as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Del Monte Kenya has announced that it will host cancer screenings in Murang’a as part of Breast Cancer...
Ascent Rift Valley Fund sells stake in Medpharm to Cerba Lancet Africa
Ascent Rift Valley Fund Ltd (ARVF) has announced that it has exited as a shareholder of Medpharm Holdings...
Africa CDC calls for more investment in the continent’s health institutions
The African Union Commission and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have called for more...