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NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya is preparing to introduce a new HIV prevention drug, lenacapavir, after receiving an initial consignment of 21,000 doses aimed at HIV-negative…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya has received 21,000 starter doses of the long-acting HIV prevention injection Lenacapavir, marking the start of a phased national roll-out targeting…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) has achieved a landmark in Kenya’s public healthcare system by successfully fitting the country’s first orbital-facial prosthesis in…
KAMPALA, Uganda — The Ministry of Health has officially launched the National Mandatory Newborn Screening Programme for Sickle Cell Disease, a landmark initiative aimed at…
Health authorities worldwide are closely monitoring the Nipah virus, a deadly zoonotic pathogen with periodic outbreaks in South and Southeast Asia, amid renewed questions about…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan health experts are stepping up efforts to counter widespread misinformation surrounding the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, warning that persistent myths are…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s criminal justice system is set to introduce mandatory health screening for all suspects entering police detention, as part of a broader…
NAIROBI, Kenya — A multidisciplinary medical team at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) has successfully saved the life of a two-year-old boy after removing a dangerous…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya is preparing to roll out a groundbreaking long-acting injectable HIV prevention medication, lenacapavir, this year, positioning the country among the earliest…
NAIROBI, Kenya — More than 20 Congolese medical practitioners working in Kenya have filed a legal challenge at the High Court in Nairobi, seeking to…