Social Health Authority, Kenya

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(NAIROBI, KENYA) – Kenya’s Social Health Authority has extended the deadline for healthcare providers to sign contracts with the State agency to 14th October, allowing hospitals, clinics and medical practitioners to treat registered scheme members and claim reimbursements. The authority said Healthcare Provider Contracts that expired on 30th September 2026Continue Reading

Nairobi Hospital Tells Court It Is Financially Stable Despite $17.1 Million Deficit Claims

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(NAIROBI, KENYA) – Nairobi Hospital has told the High Court it remains financially stable, well capitalised and able to support its current operations and future growth, rejecting claims by petitioners that the institution faces financial collapse. The hospital made the submission in response to a petition by Busia Senator OkiyaContinue Reading

Kenya Healthcare Unions Welcome End of Nurses' Strike

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(NAIROBI, KENYA) – Healthcare professional associations have called for urgent measures to restore health services and clear patient backlogs following the end of the 43 day nurses’ strike. The associations welcomed the resolution of the industrial action following an agreement between the Kenya National Union of Nurses and Midwives andContinue Reading

Kenya Reviews Mounjaro Registration as Aspen Eyes $124 Million Africa Sales

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(NAIROBI, KENYA) – The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has begun reviewing an application to register Mounjaro, a once weekly injectable diabetes drug, for use in Kenya. The application was submitted by Aspen Pharmacare, a South African pharmaceutical company that has an agreement with Eli Lilly, the US manufacturer ofContinue Reading

Duale Meets US Delegation on Health Financing Reform

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(NAIROBI, KENYA) – Kenya and the United States are reviewing a new government to government health financing model aimed at improving accountability and strengthening local ownership of health programmes. The transition is being assessed through high level talks between Kenyan health officials and an American delegation in Nairobi. Health CabinetContinue Reading

Doctors Give Kenya Government 7 Days to End Nurses Strike

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(NAIROBI, KENYA) – Kenya’s public healthcare system faces deeper disruption after doctors threatened to join a nationwide nurses’ strike now in its sixth week. The doctors’ union said increased workloads in hospitals have become unsustainable as facilities struggle without nursing staff. The nurses are demanding implementation of a collective bargainingContinue Reading

Nyeri Catholic Diocese Launches Green Hydrogen Project to Cut Fertiliser and Oxygen Costs

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(NYERI, KENYA) – The Catholic Diocese of Nyeri has launched a green hydrogen project that will use solar energy to produce ammonia fertiliser and medical oxygen, cutting reliance on imported farm inputs and reducing healthcare costs at its hospitals. The project will see the Diocese construct the Green Hydrogen InnovationContinue Reading

Ruto Says Emergency Care Now Within Reach

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(NAIROBI, KENYA) – Kenya has crossed a historic threshold in the push for Universal Health Coverage (UHC), with 32.3 million people registered under the Social Health Authority (SHA), President William Ruto has said. Speaking on Tuesday during the opening of the Kenya Health Summit 2026 at the Kenyatta International ConventionContinue Reading