Public Health Concerns In Kenya

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CDC in Kenya Global Health CDC

(4 days ago) WEBCDC's Global Migration Health Africa Program, located in Kenya, works with local and international partners to address public health needs associated with …

https://www.cdc.gov/global-health/countries/kenya.html

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Health disparities across the counties of Kenya and …

(3 days ago) WEBCancers, cardiovascular disease, and cerebrovascular diseases are increasingly the focus of public health intervention efforts in Kenya. 19. Ministry of Health, Kenya Kenya …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(18)30472-8/fulltext

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Kenya - World Health Organization (WHO)

(4 days ago) WEBKenya Country Overview World Health Organization. This policy brief aims to provide a review of the current progress on implementing the Kenya national action plan on AMR, …

https://www.who.int/countries/ken/

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CDC in Kenya - Centers for Disease Control and …

(Just Now) WEBAs of September 7, 2022, Kenya administered more than 15 million COVID-19 vaccine doses across the country. Almost 35% of all eligible adults are fully vaccinated. CDC …

https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/countries/kenya/pdf/kenya_fs_2022.pdf

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The Global Burden of Disease: Generating Evidence, …

(5 days ago) WEBRecent evidence-informed policy efforts include the use of disease burden results to target the leading causes of health loss in Kenya for the Ministry of Health’s …

https://www.healthdata.org/research-analysis/library/global-burden-disease-generating-evidence-guiding-policy-kenya

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Identifying the impact of COVID-19 on health systems …

(4 days ago) WEBThe coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has triggered a public health and economic crisis in high and low resource settings since the beginning of 2020. With the …

https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0001348

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Kenya and WHO launch bold initiative to transform …

(6 days ago) WEBBrazzaville/Nairobi, 9 July 2022 – The Government of Kenya and the World Health Organization (WHO) held a ground-breaking ceremony today in Nairobi for a WHO …

https://www.afro.who.int/countries/kenya/news/kenya-and-who-launch-bold-initiative-transform-africas-health-emergency-response

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COVID-19 exposes weaknesses in Kenya’s healthcare …

(1 days ago) WEBKenya’s healthcare system is made up of several systems: public, private and faith-based or NGO. About 48% are public and operate under the Ministry of …

https://theconversation.com/covid-19-exposes-weaknesses-in-kenyas-healthcare-system-and-what-can-be-done-143356

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Kenya: Country health profile WHO Regional Office for …

(7 days ago) WEBThe Kenya country health profiles provide an overview of the situation and trends of priority health problems and the health systems profile, including a …

https://www.afro.who.int/health-topics/kenya-country-health-profile

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Malaria is still killing people in Kenya, but a vaccine and local drug

(Just Now) WEBA nurse administers an injection to a malaria patient in a ward at Nightingale Medical Centre, in Kisumu, Kenya Tuesday, April. 16, 2024. Even after parts of Kenya …

https://apnews.com/article/kenya-malaria-health-ecc08dd160735bd537a552db5ab200af

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Kenya - World Health Organization

(6 days ago) WEBwill also provide expert opinion on key public health issues to the Ministry of Health leadership, county health teams, and prevention and control programs at all levels and …

https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/136904/ccsbrief_ken_en.pdf?sequence=1

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Comprehensive National Health Policy Framework

(9 days ago) WEBThe Kenya Health Policy, 2014–2030 gives directions to ensure significant improvement in overall status of health in Kenya in line with the Constitution of Kenya 2010, the …

https://publications.universalhealth2030.org/uploads/kenya_health_policy_2014_to_2030.pdf

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Kenya HEALTH SITUATION - WHO Regional Office for Africa

(2 days ago) WEBKenya HEALTH SITUATION Life expectancy at birth in Kenya had improved from a low of 45.2 years in the 1990s, to an estimated 63.2 years by 2015.There are indications of on …

https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/2017-05/ccsbrief_ken_en.pdf

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Impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on adolescent - BMJ Global Health

(8 days ago) WEBIn Kenya, media reports state that adolescent pregnancies have spiked due to COVID-19-related containment measures, raising concerns about the sexual and reproductive …

https://gh.bmj.com/content/7/1/e007666

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Kenya’s Troubled 60-Year Mental Health Journey

(1 days ago) WEBOver the years, Kenya has developed numerous policies and action plans on mental health. Some of these include the Kenya Mental Health Policy (2015-2030); …

https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/09/kenyas-troubled-60-year-mental-health-journey

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Public Health Emergency – Amref Health Africa in Kenya

(3 days ago) WEBThe World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted the International Health Regulations (IHR) to tackle public health emergencies of global concern. The full implementation of IHR is, …

https://amref.org/kenya/our-work/pillar-2-innovative-health-services-solutions/public-health-emergency/

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Health, Population and Nutrition Kenya - U.S. Agency for

(9 days ago) WEBReproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health. Nutrition. Water, sanitation, and hygiene. By building the capacity of Kenyan institutions and individuals, USAID …

https://www.usaid.gov/kenya/health-population-and-nutrition

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New laws bring major reform to Kenyan health care - The Lancet

(3 days ago) WEBCurrently, Kenyans are paying KSh500–1000 to National Health Insurance which will be replaced with the new scheme. “We want to reduce it to Ksh300; even …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)02451-0/fulltext

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Health disparities across the counties of Kenya and implications …

(3 days ago) WEBIntroduction. The Government of Kenya prioritises health as a strategic sector in its national development agenda. In the national long-term development policy, …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6293072/

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About NPHI NPHI

(3 days ago) WEBThe Kenya National Public Health Institute (NPHI) was established through a presidential executive order published as legal notice No. 14 in the Kenya Gazette of 21 January …

https://www.nphi.go.ke/about-nphi

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FOOD FORTIFICATION IN KENYA Policy Brief - Nutrition …

(8 days ago) WEBdeiciencies remain a public health concern, especially for Kenya’s women and children. The most common deiciencies among the Kenyan population are those of …

https://www.nutritionintl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Kenya-Food-Fortification_FINAL_2020-11-02_WEB-1.pdf

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A qualitative inquiry on drivers of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy …

(4 days ago) WEBCOVID-19 vaccination rates have been low among adults in Kenya (36.7% as of late March 2023) with vaccine hesitancy posing a threat to the COVID-19 …

https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0002986

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Public Health Act (Cap. 242). - United Nations Environment …

(4 days ago) WEBType of law. This Act concerns the protection of public health in Kenya and lays down rules relative to, among other things, food hygiene and protection of foodstuffs, the …

https://leap.unep.org/en/countries/ke/national-legislation/public-health-act-cap-242

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Kenyan health sector at breaking point in doctors’ strike

(2 days ago) WEBThe country has strived to increase health spending in recent years, but corruption and wastage of public resources continue to plague the public health …

https://www.scidev.net/global/news/kenyan-health-sector-at-breaking-point-in-doctors-strike/

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Rural healthcare under threat as nurses eye jobs abroad

(6 days ago) WEBStakeholders in the public health sector have raised concerns that rural communities will be adversely affected by the increased migration of Kenyan nurses to foreign …

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/kenya/rural-healthcare-under-threat-as-nurses-eye-jobs-abroad/ar-BB1mnwo3

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MWAMISI: Koskei leadership in ending doctors strike’ showed …

(Just Now) WEBStrikes and grumbling by players in the health sector in Kenya are perennial and seeing a successful approach whereby the government led by the Chief of Staff and …

https://www.the-star.co.ke/siasa/2024-05-15-mwamisi-koskei-leadership-in-ending-doctors-strike-showed-united-government/

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Kenya's public hospital doctors sign agreement to end national …

(6 days ago) WEBIn 2017, doctors at Kenya’s public hospitals held a 100-day strike — the longest ever held in the country — to demand better wages and for the government to …

https://apnews.com/article/kenya-doctors-strike-union-f3bb7264b540e9f2d4437b0faf7dad9e

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Low selection of HIV PrEP refills at private pharmacies among …

(8 days ago) WEBPublic health research methods. 2015;5:581–614. Article Google Scholar National AIDS & STI Control Program MoH, Kenya. Kenya HIV Estimates 2018. 2018. …

https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-024-10995-0

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Kenyan government doctors sign agreement to end strike

(Just Now) WEBNAIROBI, May 8 (Reuters) - Kenyan public hospital doctors on Wednesday signed a return to work agreement with the government meant to end a strike that started in mid-March, …

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/kenyas-doctors-government-sign-agreement-end-strike-2024-05-08/

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