List/Grid Monthly Archives: January 2012
Kenya gears up for World’s first anti-jigger drug
Source: The Star BY JOHN MUCHANGI AND GRACE KERONGO Monday, 09 January 2012 00:11 The search for the world’s first anti-jigger drug begins on today in Gatundu. Germany’s Charite University…
Towards comprehensive social health insurance in Kenya
Source: Capital FM BY ANYANG NYONG’O The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) is moving in the right direction; it needs to be congratulated. Lessons learnt over a twenty year period…
Study raises hope for HIV vaccines
Source:News24Kenya 06 January 2012, 10:30 – Chicago – An experimental vaccine helped protect monkeys from an especially deadly form of the Aids virus, raising new hope for an effective vaccine…
New guidelines follow recall of faulty HIV test
Source:Plusnews NAIROBI, 6 January 2012 (PlusNews) – The Kenyan government has changed its HIV testing algorithm following the withdrawal of a widely used brand of HIV test on warnings from…
City Hall seeks forensic auditor over inflated bills
Source:Business Daily By VICTOR JUMA Posted Tuesday, January 3 2012 at 20:24 The City Council of Nairobi is seeking the services of a forensic auditor to unearth alleged fraudulent transactions…
Hospital breathes some fresh air to eastlands
Source: Business Daily By EDWARD OMETE Posted Tuesday, January 3 2012 at 19:19 A couple of weeks ago the Pangani area in Nairobi opened its doors to a new facility,…
Mwatate receives equipment worth Sh400 million
Source: The Star BY RAPHAEL MWADIME Tuesday, 03 January 2012 THE Mwatate District Hospital has received a boost after getting a donation of equipment worth Sh400 million from a Dutch…
City clerk’s New Year gift for 48 Pumwani mothers
Source: The Star Tuesday, 03 January 2012 00:10 BY STEPHENE SANGIRA Nairobi town clerk Philip Kisia yesterday bailed out 48 patients from the Pumwani Maternity Hospital, who had given birth…
Call for action as cancer claims big names
Source: The Standard By PETER ORENGO Published on 26/12/2011 The year saw several prominent personalities succumb to what previously has been termed as the old people’s curse, cancer. According to…
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