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Winners, losers and constants in the health budget 2020/2021
Programs and Sub-Programs FY 2019/2020 FY 2020/2021 DEVIATION Non-Communicable Disease Prevention & Control 422,611,721 496,711,286 74,099,565 Reproductive Maternal Neo-natal Child & Adolescent Health -RMNCAH 6,139,063,590 4,322,046,881 -1,817,016,709 Radiation Protection 110,837,638 141,815,733 30,978,095 […]
Right to health in Kenya
Article 43 of the Constitution of Kenya enshrines people’s economic and social rights. One of those rights is the right to “the highest attainable standards of health, which includes the right to […]
Statement from Jamia Mosque Committee on Coronavirus
Jamia Mosque Committee has made the following announcement: The letter read as follows: After a series of consultations with the Majilis Ulamaa (council of scholars) of Jamia Mosque and upon further consultations […]
vivid explanation about coronavirus and how it’s transmitted
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Mike Mbuvi Sonko surrenders some responsibilities of Nairobi County
Recently it was announced by the Kenyan local media houses that some functions of Nairobi County have been surrendered to the national government: That the transfer of functions shall become effective 21 […]
Expenditure on blood donation Kenya
According to the most recent Kenya health sector report, donors invested Ksh. 1.6 billion on blood donation Kenya while government of Kenya allocated Ksh. 320 million for the same purpose. Further, the […]
Kenya progress on Sustainable Development Goals and other regional health commitments
Kenya prides itself as one of the midwifes of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Specifically Goal 3 calls for reduction of maternal mortality, improving reproductive health, implement UHC, combating tuberculosis and malaria as […]
Kenya government plans for health sector for the medium term 2020/2021 – 2022/2023
According to the Health Sector Working Group report 2020/2021 to 2022/2023, Kenya’s major goal is to attain the highest standard of health care for all. This goal is enshrined in Article 43 […]
Simplified Kisumu County Integrated Development Plan 2018
Simplified Kisumu County Integrated Development Plan 2018 Hakijamii has published an analysis of Kisumu County Integrated development plan 2018. The highlights of Kisumu county integrated development plan are as follows: As at […]
Nairobi City County to establish corporations for health and water
Nairobi City County is planning to establish corporations to manage provision of basic services. This is in an effort to prevent political interference when it comes to service delivery. The County Corporations […]
Mombasa County Health budget analysis 2018/2019
Mombasa County health budget analysis 2018/2019 BUDGET-TRACKING FOR HEALTH SECTOR MOMBASA COUNTY Presented by: Geoffrey Kerosi Venue: Methodist Church Hall, Tononoka Outline Abuja Declaration Stages of Budget Process in Kenya – Formulation, […]
Health referral system in Kisumu County
An health referral system is key towards accessing emergency healthcare systems. In the case of Kisumu County we information from reliable sources that they have eight (8) ambulances. This is an enabler […]
Impact of Printing Death and Disease Graphics on Cigarettes
Impact of Printing Death and Disease Graphics on Cigarettes Do ghastly Images Reduce Smoking? A study which was published on Tobacco Control reveals that publishing images of diseases and death on cigarette […]
Doctors Promise “Not to Do Harm”
Doctors Promise “Not to Do Harm” In the United Kingdom, the National Health Service (NHS) has released a ‘memo’ that patients who smoke or are obese will be prevented from receiving non-urgent […]
Tedros Adhanom Elected as First African WHO Director General
Tedros Adhanom Elected as First African WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom was born 1965 in Ethiopia. He has served the county in various capacities as an academic, public health official and politician. […]
budget implementation / county budget
Kakamega County government budget for health 2015/2016
Introduction Kakamega County is located in the former Western Province of Kenya. Its headquarter is Kakamega town. The county has a population of 1,660,651. This population is projected to be 1,940,149 people […]
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My travel experience during Covid-19 Pandemic
The journey to Addis Ababa started with preparations in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. I ticked off all the requirements including flight tickets and Covid-19 negative test results. My health facility of choice […]
