Category: Medical

Health Standards and Professional Management PS Dr. Josephine Mburu has called on the county administration of Uasin Gishu to conduct mass screening at the community level in order to curb the increasing cases of TB in the county. Speaking during Worl...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that it is expanding the scope of the WHO Director-General's (DG) Flagship Initiative on tuberculosis over the period from 2023 to 2027 to support fast-tracking progress towards ending TB and achieving ...

Kitui Governor Dr Julius Malombe flagged off drugs and Medical supplies worth Sh 81.5 million set to be delivered to 306 health facilities across the county, to aggregate efforts in providing quality healthcare. Presiding the ceremony held at the Count...

Grim mental health statistics continue to stalk Taita Taveta County's healthcare landscape, according to a survey released this week by a multi-sectoral task force established during COVID-19 to address the high prevalence of depression and other psyc...

No new cholera cases have been reported in Machakos in the past four days, County Executive Committe Member (CECM) for Health Dr Daniel Yumbya has disclosed. Yumbya however said six people out of the 51 cases reported have died of the disease since th...

System-based interpretations of "One Health" approach is vital to minimize animal to human-human to animal infections in Ethiopia, according to experts in the sector.Speaking at a two-day stakeholder’s workshop that opened here in the capital city toda...

WASHINGTON — The little-noticed program that led to a Chinese spy balloon drifting across the United States this month has been discussed in China’s state-controlled media for more than a decade in articles extolling its potential military applications...

In the following article, which was originally carried in ChinAfrica, a publication issued under the auspices of Beijing Review, Fikrejesus Amahazion, an Eritrean educator and researcher, explains how cooperation in the healthcare sector epitomises the...

More countries have worked to eliminate dengue, leprosy and other neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) over the past decade, but greater efforts and investment are needed in the face of pandemic-related disruptions, the World Health Organization (WHO) sa...

GENEVA — Ahead of World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day Monday, the World Health Organization is calling for action to tackle these debilitating illnesses, which affect an estimated 1.65 billion people globally.A diverse group of 20 parasitic and bacte...