Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale and other health leaders during the Expanded Polio Laboratory inauguration Kenya has officially launched an expanded polio laboratory at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Centre for Virus Research. The facility was inaugurated by Health Cabinet Secretary Hon. Aden Duale. This marks a significant step in strengthening disease surveillance and response in Kenya and across the region. “The state-of-the-art expanded Polio Laboratory at the Centre for Virus Research (CVR), KEMRI, is a key milestone in advancing Kenya’s Taifa Care Model and compliance with the International Health Regulations (IHR),” the Ministry of Health said in a statement. The laboratory will…
Author: by JANET ONYANGO
Dr Jackson Otieno, AFIDEP’s Senior Research and Policy Analyst at the Cross-Country Learning Workshop on Financing Noncommunicable DiseasesAfrican health leaders, policymakers, and experts meeting in Nairobi have urged governments to prioritise domestic resource mobilisation as the cornerstone of financing the fight against noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). NCDs, including cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory conditions, and mental health disorders, are now among the leading causes of death across Africa. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that they account for 74% of global deaths and 84% of premature deaths in low- and middle-income countries. In Africa, cases have been rising steadily since…