Maternal and Newborn Health Initiative Unveiled

The portable handheld ultrasound device is designed to help primary healthcare workers estimate gestational age, better plan and manage pregnancies.

Maternal and Newborn Health Initiative Unveiled

October 23, 2018

By Irene Gaitirira Published October 23, 2018 A local government in western Kenya has announced a new maternal and newborn health initiative that will see an estimated 7 000 women receive their first ultrasound screening during their current pregnancy in the next nine months. The programme, that is offered by…

Kenya was in September 2017 named among the leading African countries in e-health and telemedicine alongside South Africa and Ghana.

E-Healthcare and Telemedicine Take Shape in Kenya

February 4, 2018

By Iminza Keboge Published February 4, 2018 A digital service that is enabling consumers to purchase medicines and wellness products has by end of 2017 registered more than 30 000 users. MyDAWA, the service that was launched in March 2017, is said to be beneficial to consumers as it has…

Marc-André Blanchard, Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations, says Canada's assistance will will help save lives, alleviate suffering and bring relief to people who need urgent help

Canada Addresses Food Insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa

December 24, 2017February 25, 2019

By Halima Abdi Published December 24, 2017 The Government of Canada has announced US$19.8 million in additional funding to address extreme levels of food insecurity in Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Niger, Nigeria, South Sudan and Uganda. The aid, Canada says, shall ‘address the critical needs of millions of vulnerable people … suffering…

Film Shows We Are Nothing Without Women

November 11, 2017February 25, 2019

By Abdi Ali Published November 11, 2017 A movie that tells the stories of ordinary women facing their fears, cares and everyday struggles in order to fight for their communities and their very lives has made its world premiere. NOTHING WITHOUT US: THE WOMEN WHO WILL END AIDS by Harriet…

Skye Wheeler, women’s rights emergencies researcher at Human Rights Watch, says the expanded Mexico City Policy is already erecting barriers that will block people in Kenya and Uganda from the health care they need

US Health Policy Harming Kenya and Uganda

November 2, 2017February 25, 2019

By Irene Gairtirira Published November 2, 2017 A human rights group has asked President Donald Trump of the United States of America to withdraw his Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance policy that, it says, is harming health service in Kenya and Uganda. Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Trump’s Expanded…

Ibrahima-Soce Fall, WHO Regional Emergency Director for the Africa region, says, “We are working with health authorities to rapidly implement response measures. Uganda has previously managed Ebola and Marburg outbreaks but international support is urgently required to scale up the response as the overall risk of national and regional spread of this epidemic-prone disease is high.”

Medics Fight Back to Contain Rare Disease

October 22, 2017February 25, 2019

By Abdi Ali and World Health Organization Published October 22, 2017 The World Health Organization (WHO) is working to contain an outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) that has appeared on the on Uganda-Kenya border. At least one person is confirmed to have died of MVD and several hundred people…

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