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Tanzania: Focus Should be on E-Health This Year

This year 2017, as a nation, we ought to adjust more efforts in the adopting and using e-health so that our country advances steps closer to attaining the goal of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). For instance, an effective tele-health improves healthcare access at lower cost. The healthcare industry is among the sectors that are enjoying the fruits of technology. The world is now endeavouring to achieve the goal of UHC, where.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 11th January 2017

Trump Government Urged to Improve Healthcare Infrastructure in Africa

With continued global technological and economic progress, now more than ever, the health security of the United States is dependent upon the health security of other nations. Today’s world is a very small place easily traversed in under 24 hours. In that short time, a virulent, vector-borne micro-organism could invade its human host, rapidly multiply, make the host ill, and infect new hosts. For the cost of an airline ticket, a.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 10th January 2017

Kenya: Chinese Doctor Offers Free Medical Aid to Nairobi Slum Dwellers

Nairobi — Wang Lei, a Chinese doctor, is offering free medical aid to slum dwellers in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. Prof. Wang told Xinhua earlier this week that he came to Kenya under a bilateral agreement between the Kenyan and Chinese governments on medical cooperation. Under the agreement, the Chinese government will donate four mobile health clinics to Kenya. The clinics are expected to extend medical services to.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 9th January 2017

Kenya: Chinese Doctors Organise Medical Camp for Underprivileged Orphans

Nairobi — A team of Chinese doctors on Saturday conducted a medical camp for the disadvantaged orphans in Huruma Children's Home, about 28 kilometres southwest of the Kenyan capital Nairobi. Professor Tian Shengxun told Xinhua that the camp targeted over 200 orphans who can not access quality medical services. "Our aim is to ensure that all people have access to medical services regardless of their socio-economic.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 9th January 2017

Kenya: Doctors Continue Strike Despite Improved Offer from President

Nairobi — Striking doctors are yet to go back to work even after being offered an enhanced pay package that would cost the Treasury an additional Sh4 billion every year. In the meeting chaired by President Uhuru Kenyatta at State House Mombasa, it was agreed that the entry point of doctors would be enhanced from Job Group L to M, and gross salaries raised to Sh196,000 from the current Sh140,244. A statement from State.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 5th January 2017

Ethiopia: Reaping Benefits of the Great Health Reform

Edna lives in a village on the outskirts of Berhale, roughly 900 kilometres from Addis Ababa. Every day, she travels through the desert to deliver essential health services to families' doorsteps. As a front -line health worker, Edna is part of a historic movement that has extended primary health care to the poorest and most marginalised communities and saved millions of lives. At the turn of the Millennium, for every 1,000 children.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 20th December 2016

Ethiopia: New Research to Aid in Reducing Maternal Mortality

Health development army contributes to maternal mortality reduction. Ethiopian maternal health researcher Hagos Godefay at Umeå University in Sweden has created a locally feasible method to estimate maternal mortality rates with a bottom-up measurement approach. Providing insights into the effectiveness of local interventions to reduce maternal mortality, the approach would be important for health sector planning and.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 14th December 2016

Kenya: Othaya Hospital Construction to Be Completed by May - President Kenyatta

Construction of the new Othaya Level Four Hospital block will be completed by May next year, President Uhuru Kenyatta has assured. Addressing residents in Othaya town after inspecting the new hospital building, President Kenyatta said the Government has set aside Ksh 300 million to facilitate completion of the project. The President also directed Principal Secretaries for Housing and Urban Development, and for Health to visit.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 30th November 2016

Calls for inclusion of oral health in curriculum

Stakeholders want oral health hygiene included in the school curriculum. Participants attending a health forum in Nairobi yesterday concurred that the school curriculum should be reviewed, to include oral health so that children can acquire knowledge at an early age on how to keep their mouths and teeth healthy. The move could see formation of vibrant health clubs in schools to let pupils learn about oral hygiene. Olive Mbuthia, a.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 25th November 2016

Africans Seeking Health-Care in India Draw Hospitals to Kenya

Cash-rich Indian hospital groups such as recently listed Narayana Hrudayalaya Ltd. are setting up operations in Africa to tap a growing stream of middle class patients from the continent seeking quality health-care. With financing from Abraaj Group’s Africa Health Fund and the International Finance Corp., the Mumbai-listed group is partnering with Kenyan investors and will break ground on a 130-bed specialist cardiac hospital in the.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 25th November 2016

Retired Kenilworth dentist gets help to improve Ethiopian dental clinics

A retired Kenilworth dentist who set up dental clinics in Ethiopia two years ago is now receiving help to improve them from her financial mutual. Jane Innes-Rees has helped set up a university dental unit in the city of Mekelle and clinics in rural areas of the Tigray region since 2014, one of the worst affected areas hit by the famine and civil war in the 1980s. Jane is a member of financial mutual Wesleyan, and.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 24th November 2016

The most diverse people in the world will finally get medicine made for them with a new genetic chip

A chip containing millions of genetic variations that are common in Africa could help scientists bring the benefits of precision medicine to the continent. The chip could lead to new insights into human health as well as new treatments that work better on Africans. Its developers say it will be ready to use in early 2017. “This will be the first chip that has been created to specifically target genetic variation in African.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 24th November 2016