Hundreds of Murang’a residents are seeking treatment and drugs during the free medical camps following unavailability of money to pay for their medical bills in both public and private health facilities. At Rurii grounds in Kiria ini market in Mathioya, the patients took the opportunity to benefit from a medical camp facilitated by Irungu Nyakera…
The Mountain Journal Transition from NHIF to Social Health Authority (SHA) has forced Murang’a County Government to partner with Britam for extensive services to the residents. In the partnership agreement, Britam takes over the services of Kang’ata Care programme after SHA stated it would not provide the 40,000 beneficiaries with the last expense of Sh`100,000….
The Mountain Journal An alert has been issued after a Mpox has been confirmed in Nakurru as Ministry of Health has hightened survillance. The case was comfirmed at the Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital (PGH) in Nakuru by Dr James Waweru, the Medical Superintendent. The case is the fourth in Kenya with Waweru saying the…
Kenya confirms the third Mpox case after 89 samples have been submitted to our laboratories, In the analysis 79 tested negative for Mpox as the Ministry of Health announced the third case. Health Director General Patrick Amoth said the latest patient is a 30-year-old woman from Nairobi who recently traveled to Uganda. “ The Ministry…
Israel has agreed to a series of “humanitarian pauses” in Gaza to allow for the vaccination of children against polio, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. The campaign will aim to vaccinate around 640,000 children across the Gaza strip and will begin on Sunday, senior WHO official Rik Peeperkorn said. It will be rolled…
Over 120 cancer patients are supported by Needy Cancer Health Initiative founded to provide moral support to those who have diagonised with the disease. The initiative is a darling to families with cancer patients as they have access to food while their NHIF cards are paid through a Sh1.2 million kitty mobilized by well-wishers…
The Mountain Journal After decades of waiting on the implementation of the removal of asbestos roof in Kenya, a new sheriff in the environmental docket has issued an order. Environment Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has ordered the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) to ensure the asbestos roofs are removed in public buildings in three months….
Wedaeli Chibelushi in London & Makuochi Okafor in Lagos BBC News Nigeria has received 10,000 doses of a vaccine to combat mpox, making it the first African country to receive a batch amid the current outbreak of disease that used to be called monkeypox. The country began the process to secure the vaccines well before…
Ground is set for Murang’a health department to venture into telemedicine technology with registration of 15,417 people eying for the advanced service. In the past week, the county government officials have been collecting details of the persons suffering from chronic diseases and wish to benefit from the telemedicine technology that will be launched on September…
The Change The Mountain Journal President William Ruto has moved Irungu Nyakera to chair the Kenya International Convention Centre (KICC) from Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA). Nyakera moves to the new Presidential assignment shoulder high after he managed to transform Kemsa to an effective organisation through a series of interventions. On Friday, Ruto appointed Nyakera…
