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Dr Nyamai Mutono is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (Cema) at the University of…
Mark Suzman, CEO of the Gates Foundation: “Some of our programs will reach their goals before 2045. Others will graduate…
A young woman receiving an injectable vaccine.Kenya receives nearly 12 per cent of all vaccine research and development funding allocated…
Ministry of Health headquarters at Afya House, Nairobi/FILEThe Kenya Accreditation Services (KENAS) has suspended standardisation accreditation for the National Public…
Covid-19 testing in 2021. The researchers said Kenyan truck drivers were exempted from the country’s strict lockdown rules and are likely…
Ministry of Health headquarters at Afya House/FILEThe Ministry of Health has directed the Kenya National Public Health Institute (KNPHI) to…
Though fibroids are benign growths that develop in or on the uterus, their effects are often anything but harmless.For many…
At the heart of this success is Kenya’s Ministry of Health, working closely with county health departments and development partners.Trachoma…
Public Health PS Mary Muthoni participates in a clean-up exercise during the activation of the Epuka Uchafu, Afya Nyumbani campaign…
Different antibiotics used in the treatment of different diseases in the bodyIn his New Year’s address, President William Ruto pointed…
Lead author Dr Nyamai Mutono, a senior research fellow at the Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (Cema) at the University…
The EAC Deputy Secretary General in charge of infrastructure, productive, social and political sectors Andrea Ariik, during the launch of…
Human Papillomavirus Vaccine / photo Procare hospitalCervical cancer continues to pose a serious threat to women in Kenya, claiming thousands…
Public Health and Professional Standards PS Mary Muthoni/HANDOUTThe Principal Secretary for Public Health and Professional Standards, Mary Muthoni, has urged…
U.S. regulators consider it safe, but the World Health Organization has said glyphosate is probably carcinogenic/ Associated PressA long-cited scientific…
Prof William Lore speaks during the 50th Kenya Medical Association Scientific Conference in May 2023, in Mombasa. The meeting also…
Patient undertaking a blood pressure test/ HANDOUTKenya is increasingly positioning itself as a regional health referral hub, buoyed by growing…
Doctors performing plastic surgery procedure/HANDOUTKenyans are increasingly embracing plastic surgery as a way of enhancing their physical appearance, boosting self-confidence…
Dr. Rachel Gichuki and Dr. Chege Mbiyu of Arrow Dental Clinic take the award for Excellence in Private Dental Practice/Photo:…
The Nairobi West Hospital performed a minimally invasive closure of a complex atrial septal defectThe year 2025 will be remembered…
Bill Gates at a past Goalkeepers event. The Gates Foundation has pledged US$1.2 billion as part of its long-term commitment to…
Nicotine pouches in Kenya.Kenya has made significant progress in tobacco control, yet tobacco and nicotine use among adolescents continues to…
Principal Secretary for Public Health and Professional Standards Mary Muthoni, in September, when she led the Jamii Imara Mashinani initiative…
The Pharmacy and Poisons Board head office in Nairobi.Kenya will now rely on the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
US Secretary of State Marc Rubio speaks during the signing of the Sh208 billion Health partnership./PCSKenya and the United States…
UHC: Is Kenya making any progress? /FILEIn the great theatre of health systems, two protagonists dominate the stage, Otto von…
A scientist in a laboratory. They said the gene makes bacteria extremely difficult to treat because it confers resistance to many…
Guracha Adi, director at the Kenya Investment Authority (Invest Kenya), Antoinette Gawin, President and Chief Executive Officer of Terumo BCT,…
Reduced testing and weakened community support meant that more people fell out of care and returned only when their disease…
Acting director of meteorological services Edward Muriuki.Kenya’s short rains season failure has been blamed on an ongoing La Niña and…
Vaccination drive in Kenya in July this year.Measles vaccines have driven a dramatic global decline in cases and deaths over…
Artistic impression of the KAIS campus at Konza City. It is a specialised postgraduate degree-granting institution of strategic national importance, founded…
HIV drugs. But there are risks associated with the therapy, including the potential for a set of health conditions affecting…
Using the Mid-Upper Arm Circumference to assess malnutrition. From undernourishment to acute malnutrition and finally starvation, the process reaches a…
Susan Wakaruigi (L), Chief of Nursing, led the celebration of the cardiology team’s achievement at The Nairobi West Hospital./HANDOUTWhen 40-year-old…
Tobacco use impairs, alters, adversely affects or interferes with normal reproductive functions.Tobacco use is emerging as a silent but powerful cause…
At least 1.4 million Kenyans live with HIV, and about 1.1 million are on retroviral treatment.Kenya has promised to increase…
Malaria vaccination in western Kenya. The country introduced the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in 2019 across eight counties.Gavi and Unicef have struck…
Cancer screening equipment at a hospital in Nairobi. Once a diagnosis is confirmed, physicians develop a treatment plan based on the…
A close-up image of the honeycomb. This adult striped hyena was photographed carrying the large honeycomb in its mouth at the…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks during the Global Fund’s Eighth Replenishment Summit in Johannesburg on November 21. Photo/ Global Fund.Donors…
cervical cancer vaccineMore teenage girls in Kenya can now live without the fear of cervical cancer in future, thanks to…
Data from many hospital laboratories in Kenya show alarmingly high antibiotic resistance levels.Antibiotic resistance in Kenya is a serious and…
The law also bans the commercialisation of wombs, saying surrogate mothers cannot be paid.Kenya is the latest country to pass…
One of the grant winners is Lifeboox, a global nonprofit that saves lives through safer surgery and anaesthesia.More than 80…
A picture of a recent road crash in Kenya. The situation in sub-Saharan Africa is particularly dire. Road crashes affect…
A vendor prepares chapatis in the streets of Nairobi /FILEVegetable oils are everywhere, and almost everyone has an opinion about…
Aquaculture – the farming of fish and other aquatic organisms – is the world’s fastest-growing food production system. The sharpest…
Dignity Kits distribution at Kalacha Nomadic Girls School in Marsabit.In Marsabit County, one of Kenya’s arid and semi-arid regions, access…
AAR team pose for photo with Health CS Aden Duale after winning the prestigious SafeCare Level 5 Certification award. /HANDOUTAAR…
Navels come in all manner of shapes influenced by how the umbilical cord was cut, the healing process, body structure,…
Tobacco use kills about 9,000 Kenyans every year.As world leaders gather in Geneva for the Eleventh Conference of the Parties…
Graduands during the Nairobi West Hospital College of Health Science graduation on November 14,2025./HANDOUTGraduands during the Nairobi West Hospital College…
When a stout man sporting a box-cut hairdo opens the non-imposing black gate to a neat compound, a lean figure…
During the inaugural Star Health Translation Congress in October, the Ministry of Health announced it will switch from a two-dose…
Prof Moses Obimbo, Secretary of the Kenya Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society and Project Lead at the PPH Foundation.Kenya’s efforts to…
HIV treatment drugs. One quiet morning, some 35 years ago, one woman from Nakuru County got news that changed her life…
Different medicines. Imports make medicines expensive and supply unreliable, dependent on global supply chains.Africa carries a heavy health burden. It accounts…
Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) Chairperson Dr John Munyu speaks during the official closing of the Seventh Biennial Scientific Conference…
The Country Director for Zipline in Kenya, Charles Kariuki, during The Star Science Translation National Congress in Nairobi on October…
A chimpanzee.Animals respond to injury in many ways. So far, evidence for animals tending wounds with biologically active materials is…
Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) Chairperson Dr John Munyu speaks during the official closing of the Seventh Biennial Scientific Conference…
Health CS Adan Duale addressing delegates during the 7th Biennial Scientific Conference on Medical Products Regulation in Africa (SCoMRA VII)…
Investing in improving access to childcare can yield significant country-level economic benefits, the report says.Most parents, particularly in low-income communities,…
Paul Ochieng, a community health practitioner (CHP), in Ahero, Nyando Sub-County, Kisumu.Paul Ochieng starts his days early at 6am. He…
After his diagnosis, my father was faced with the decision of how to proceed with treatment.“Me encontraron càncer en la…
Risk factors for developing breast cancer include being female, increasing age, being overweight, alcohol consumption and genetic factors. In this…
In Kenya, quite a large number of patients are aged below the age of 50. Whenever Dr Mukuhi Ng’ang’a meets a…
Faith Mwende speaks about the pain of repeated loss — and the hope that still lives within her. [Photo: Moses…
Malaria is mostly caused by a parasite carried by mosquitoes.Malaria remains one of the world’s most devastating infectious diseases, claiming more…
Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) Acting Chief Executive Officer Dr Ahmed Mohamed speaking during the Pre-Conference Industry Day of the…
ARV medications in Kenya are mainly bought through donor funds.Having navigated the precarious intersections of donor dependency, fragile healthcare systems,…
Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) Chairperson Dr John Munyu speaking at the Seventh Biennial Scientific Conference on Medical Products Regulation…
Dr Ouma Oluga, Principal Secretary in the State Department of Medical Services, Ministry of Health.As donor funding for Africa’s major…
Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) National Chairman Joseph Ngwasi and Secretary General Seth Panyako lead other members during a…
Dr Benjamin Wachira, Executive Director of the Emergency Medicine Care Foundation (EMKF), speaking during the engagement with County Health CECs,…
These were the words of Wanjiru (not her real name), a 17-year-old adolescent mother from an informal settlement in Nairobi.…
Exhausted nurses at a meeting during the Covid-19 pandemic period.At 6am, corridor lights at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) casualty…
Today, over 30,000 people receive cancer treatment each year in Kenya.The number of people receiving cancer treatment has risen dramatically in the last…
Medicines for use by patientsAll is set for the seventh Biennial Scientific Conference on Medical Products Regulation in Africa (SCoMRA…
Dr Angela Migowa, an assistant professor, department of paediatrics and child health, Aga Khan University Medical College, East Africa, and…
Eligible Kenyan athletes at a training camp. Those sanctioned said that once the ban is announced, public vilification is relentless. Photo/…
Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale flanked by PS Public Health and Professional Standards Mary Muthoni and PS Medical Services, Dr…
A panel discussion during the 17th Annual Scientific Conference of the Kenya Association of Clinical Pathologists (KACP)./HANDOUTThe 17th Annual Scientific…
Dr Ashne Malde performing a hair transplant procedure at Tia clinic/HANDOUT A quiet revolution is taking root in the medical landscape…
PS Ouma Oluga leading the MoH delegation in talks with the Treasury on fast-tracking the delivery of Universal Health Coverage.…
Dr Patrick Amoth, Director General (DG) of Health, speaking at The Star-APHRC Inaugural National Science Research Translation Congress held at the APHRC…
Elly Savatia when he won the 2025 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, which comes with a £50,000 cash award.A Kenyan…
USIU Assistant Professor of Communications and Media Dr Dorothy Njoroge; Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (CEMA,) Infectious disease specialist,…
Joyland Special School, Deputy Headteacher Sam Odhiambo.His journey started at the young age of four when a poliovirus attack left…
Director-General for Health Dr. Patrick Amoth speaks during the inaugural National Science Research Translation Congress organised by The Star at the…
A patient taking a test./HANDOUTAAR Hospital has made it more affordable to test for cancer by cutting screening costs in…
Dr. Joel Gondi when he opened WHX Nairobi and WHX Labs 2025 expo at KICC, NairobiThe Ministry of Health has…
Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Dr Joseph Aluoch, Ida Odinga and Justice Joyce Aluoch in one of their many social interactions.Eminent chest…
Sharon Amima, a Nutrition Consultant at Zanako Pharmacy and Nourri Nutrition.They creep in silently. Diabetes, hypertension, cancer, and stroke are…
Prof Elizabeth Bukusi, Programme Director of LEA-WH: “This Programme is a bold step toward a more equitable and innovative future…
Maria Omare, founder and executive director, The Action Foundation, with national and county representatives during the launch of DIECD in…
Prof Edwine Barasa began his journey at the KEMRI–Wellcome Research Programme as an assistant research officer in 2009.Health economist Prof…
A Kenyan family at a park. Each additional year of schooling corresponds to a lower desire for more children, a pattern…