Category: Medical
County Urged To Improve Health Services At Kisii Referral Hospital
The Senate Health Committee has urged the Kisii County government to address gaps identified at the Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital (KTRH) to improve service delivery in the county. Speaking during a fact-finding mission at the facility, the Comm…
Manyatta Slums Residents Benefit From Free Medical Services
Three children in Kisumu County are in need of specialized treatment after a team of medical experts discovered that each of them has a hole in the heart. The children aged 10 years and below were among 1000 residents of Manyatta slums who benefitted …
County To Recognize And Reward Hardworking Community Health Promoters
Hardworking Community Health Promoters (CHPs) will be recognized and rewarded by the Nandi County Government, Governor Stephen Sang has said. Sang who was speaking at the County headquarters in Kapsabet during the launch of 1,414 CHPs kits said his ad…
Marsabit Benefits From Sh7.5 Million Health Kits Donation
The County First Ladies’ Association has donated medical kits to the County Government of Marsabit, geared towards improving the delivery of health services to residents. The donation presented to the County Governor’s spouse, Alamitu Jattani, and the…
Ten confirmed cases of West Nile virus in Tunisia
Tunisia has recorded 10 confirmed cases of West Nile virus out of a total of 141 suspected cases between September 23 and October 26, according to data published by the National Observatory for New and Emerging Diseases (ONMNE). These were recorded in…
Kitui Mega Cancer Care Centre Ready For Use
The construction of a state-of-the-art cancer centre at Kitui County Referral Hospital has been finalised, with plans for equipping underway. The centre is set to provide crucial cancer care services to all residents of the three lower Eastern region …
Arab countries urged to implement programmes to upgrade demographic, development situation (health minister)
Health Minister Ali Mrabet Friday urged Arab countries to work in concert in coordination with the Arab League Economic and Social Council to implement programmes aimed to promote the democgraphic and development situation in the Arab world.In opening…
More than 20M worth of drugs destroyed in Bertoua
The Governor of the East Region, Grégoire Mvongo has burned more than 20MFCFA worth of smuggled medicines in Bertoua.These drugs were burnt on October 12, 2023 at the Hysacam landfill in Bertoua as Cameroon joined the African community to commemorate t…
Community Health Promoters To Join County Payroll
Kiambu Community Health Promoters (CHPs) heaved a sigh of relief on Wednesday following the move by Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi to include them in the county workforce.The CHPs will now be receiving a salary of Sh5,000 each after officially recei…
About 2,000 women died of Breast cancer in Ghana in 2020-Report
Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in Ghana, killing about 2,000 women in 2020 in Ghana.This was contained in a report by Changing Young Minds Project, a breast and cervical awareness group made available to the Ghana News…