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1,700 staff face uncertain future as NHIF closes doors

As the transition from the NHIF to SHA faces significant challenges, more than 1,700 employees of the now-defunct health scheme are facing uncertain future, with their jobs hanging in the balance.

By Mercy Kahenda 2024-11-21 11:00:00

1,700 staff face uncertain future as NHIF closes doors

Ruto-led Nairobi Declaration fails to make impact at climate summit

By Mactilda Mbenywe 2024-11-21 10:45:25

Call for $542b to fund nature-based solutions in climate action

Over 70 organisations and climate leaders have issued a call to action, urging governments to prioritise nature-based solutions in the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance.

By Mactilda Mbenywe 2024-11-21 10:28:10

Endometriosis linked to slightly higher risk of early death

One in 10 women worldwide suffers from endometriosis, a chronic disease in which tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows outside the womb.

By AFP 2024-11-21 08:08:41

Endometriosis linked to slightly higher risk of early death

Taxes will not fund medical scheme, doctors' unions clarify

Medical practitioner’s unions have clarified that the public servants’ comprehensive medical insurance scheme will be funded exclusively through allowances forfeited by the workers themselves.

By Emmanuel Kipchumba 2024-11-20 15:59:53

Taxes will not fund medical scheme, doctors' unions clarify

Untapped potential of East Africa's inland waterways

At COP29, a side event hosted by the East African Community (EAC) and the Lake Victoria Basin Commission highlighted the untapped potential of the region's inland waterways

By Mactilda Mbenywe 2024-11-20 15:27:42

Untapped potential of East Africa's inland waterways

African minsters at COP29 push back against broken promises

The African ministers at COP29 made it clear that their countries are paying the price for a climate crisis they did not cause. The costs are rising, both financially and in terms of human suffering.

By Mactilda Mbenywe 2024-11-20 14:43:52

African minsters at COP29 push back against broken promises

Frustration marks first week of COP29 as climate finance talks stall

The first week of COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, concluded with frustration over the lack of progress on climate finance, a key issue at the summit, which has been dubbed the "finance COP."

By Mactilda Mbenywe 2024-11-20 14:27:19

Frustration marks first week of COP29 as climate finance talks stall

Medics bank on new strategy to combat antimicrobial resistance

Antimicrobial resistance is not only a pressing global health and socioeconomic crisis but has significant impacts on human and animal health, food production, and the environment.

By Chebet Birir 2024-11-20 12:46:39

Medics bank on new strategy to combat antimicrobial resistance

Report raises concern over rate of men dying of AIDs complications

Higher mortality rate among men attributed to poor healthcare-seeking behaviour despite Kenya having intensified efforts to eliminate AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.

By Mercy Kahenda 2024-11-19 20:00:00

Report raises concern over rate of men dying of AIDs complications

Why lung cancer diagnoses are often delayed in the country

Dr. Helena Musau, a consultant clinical and radiation oncologist at Kenyatta University Teaching and Referral Hospital, explains that lung cancer is often diagnosed too late.

By Sharon Wanga 2024-11-19 14:34:19

Why lung cancer diagnoses are often delayed in the country

Urban mosquito sparks malaria surge in East Africa

The spread of a mosquito in East Africa that thrives in urban areas and is immune to insecticide is fuelling a surge in malaria that could reverse decades of progress against the disease.

By AFP 2024-11-19 09:06:25