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The Ministry of Health traces its roots back to colonial times in British Kenya. Post independence, in the inaugural cabinet, the ministry was originally named the Ministry of Health and Housing. The inaugural holder of the post was Dr. Njoroge Mungai.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached Kenya on 12 March 2020, [3] with the initial cases reported in the capital city Nairobi and in the coastal area Mombasa .
In Kenya the number of midwives per 100,000 live births is unavailable and the lifetime risk of death for pregnant women is 1 in 380. A girl with her mother receiving a malaria vaccine for children in a clinical trial in Kisumu, Kenya. Ministry of Health. The Ministry of Health has its headquarters at Afya house in Nairobi. There is one ...
Kenyatta National Hospital. Moi Teaching Referral Hospital. Kenyatta University Research and Teaching Hospital. Mathare Mental Hospital. Spinal Injury Hospital. Physiotherapy Council of Kenya. Clinical Officers Council. Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board. Nursing Council of Kenya.
Susan Nakhumicha Wafula (née: Susan Nakhumicha ), is a Kenyan politician and supply chain expert who was appointed as the new Cabinet Minister for Health, in the Cabinet of Kenya, in September 2022. Before that she oversaw the supply chain for the Global Programme for Research and Training at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).
Kenyatta National Hospital. The Kenyatta National Hospital is the oldest hospital in Kenya. It is a public, tertiary, referral hospital for the Ministry of Health. It is also the teaching hospital of the University of Nairobi College of Health Sciences. It is the largest hospital in the country and East Africa as well. [1]
Here is a brief overview of the HIV epidemic in the country as reported by the Ministry of Education in June 2014, as well as the UNAIDS report on Kenya for 2017. [6] [1] 53,000 Kenyans were infected with HIV In 2017. 8,000 children, 27,000 women, and 18,000 men were infected with HIV in 2017.
The National Health Insurance Fund ( NHIF) is a Kenya government state corporation with a mandate to provide health insurance to Kenyans. [2] The core business and mandate for NHIF is to provide accessible, affordable, sustainable and quality health insurance for all Kenyan citizens. The National Hospital Insurance Fund has published new NHIF ...