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PPB calls for strict safety standards in Kenya's traditional medicine
1+ hour, 58+ min ago (373+ words) Pharmacy and Poisons Board inspectors conduct post-market surveillance to ensure health products meet required standards of quality, safety and efficacy. [Benard Orwongo, Standard] The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has called for stronger quality assurance, safety monitoring and scientific research…...
Nurses' strike puts patients at risk as KNCHR, COFPAK seek Ruto intervention
17+ hour, 19+ min ago (589+ words) The nurses’ strike has escalated into a public health and human rights crisis, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) has warned, as a patients’ rights group called on President William Ruto to intervene and end the standoff. KNCHR…...
Hidden ways diabetes can affect your sex life
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (624+ words) Sexual health is an important part of overall wellbeing, yet it remains one of the areas many people find difficult to discuss, even with their doctors. For people living with diabetes, the conversation is particularly important because the condition can…...
Nurses strike: Mothers pay the price amid deadly delays in maternity care
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (1765+ words) Peter Wafula took his wife to hospital when she was due to deliver. She was in pain, but there was no nurse to receive her. At admission, she was directed to undergo a scan, but the hospital system took longer…...
Alarming deaths reported at Nakuru PGH as nurses keep off work
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (85+ words) standardmedia.co.ke Alarming deaths reported at Nakuru PGH as nurses keep off work More deaths are being reported across the country as the healthcare workers’ strike continues to cripple public hospitals. Surgeries have been postponed, theatres have been shut,…...
KNCHR declares nurses' strike a human rights crisis as maternal deaths rise
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (789+ words) The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) has warned that the ongoing nurses’ strike has escalated into a national public health and human rights crisis, with disrupted health services threatening patients’ rights to life, healthcare and emergency treatment. In…...
Threat of El Nino puts Kenya's healthcare system on alert
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (87+ words) standardmedia.co.ke Threat of El Nino puts Kenya's healthcare system on alert Residents of Katani wade through floodwaters after heavy downpour on May 1, 2026. [Kanyiri Wahito, Standard] The Ministry of Health is stepping up preparations for a possible El Nino…...
Nurses strike enters fifth week as CBA implementation remains unresolved
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (97+ words) standardmedia.co.ke Nurses strike enters fifth week as CBA implementation remains unresolved Mbagathi Hospital is operating below full capacity as the nurses’ strike enters its fifth week, with management relying on locum staff to keep essential services running. Dr…...
Hospitals get one more month on SHA digital compliance rules
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (276+ words) The Social Health Authority has extended the deadline for healthcare providers to comply with Health Management Information System requirements by one month. In a notice dated Tuesday, September 1, SHA Chief Executive Officer Dr Mercy Mwangangi said the new compliance deadline…...
Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (35+ words) standardmedia.co.ke Personalised cancer vaccine cuts melanoma recurrence risk in trial What kind of stories would you like to read? Pick your favourite topics below for a tailor made homepage just for you...