Medic: Apathy following death of Kenyan doctor on official duty abroad exposes state neglect of public servants
According to Dr Khama Rogo, only Ksh3 million has been raised and paid through contributions from the Kenya Medical Association (KMA) with the family also making some payment leaving an outstanding balance of Ksh16.7 million that must be cleared for the body to be released.
UN visits Sudan’s el-Fasher since RSF takeover, finds hundreds without access to food, medical supplies
For the past two months, el-Fasher has been nearly entirely cut off from the outside world, leaving aid groups unsure over how many people remained there and their situation. The death toll from the RSF takeover, which came after a more than a year-long siege, remains unknown.
Sense of community: Why patients with disability in central Kenya hospital prefer ‘Doctor on Wheelchair’
While using her own journey as motivation, Dr Mithamo is quick to dispel the belief that disability automatically limits a child’s future. She advises parents to seek medical help early and explore available interventions.
Galloping HIV infections in Kenya’s lakeside city of Kisumu sparks fears of dramatic rise in national statistics
Of particular concern is the 15-24 age bracket, which accounts for 435 clients, signalling sustained transmission among adolescents and young adults despite years of prevention campaigns.
Some 30,000 clinical workers paralyse health services in Kenya over unmet Collecting Bargaining Agreement
The clinicians have planned to march to Afya House, the Salaries and Renumeration Commission offices, parliament and the Delta House where the CoG secretariat is housed to protest until their demands are met.
Media condemn unconfirmed plans to replicate Denmark’s childhood vaccine schedule in US
President Donald Trump on December 5 signed a presidential memorandum to launch the process of aligning US childhood vaccine recommendations with best practices from peer countries.
HHS to prohibit hospitals from performing sex-change surgery on kids that benefit ‘predatory sex-rejecting multi-billion dollar industry’
Sex-rejecting procedures or “gender-affirming care,” refers to the use of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and/or surgery as a treatment for gender dysphoria. The Mayo Clinic defines gender dysphoria as a “feeling of distress that can happen when a person’s gender identity differs from the sex assigned at birth.”
‘Euthanasia on a huge scale’: How end-of-life drugs drove up Covid fatalities among seniors
In terminal care, clinicians often escalate doses of opioids and sedatives to control pain and agitation. When used repeatedly, those drugs depress respiration, Campbell said. During the pandemic, similar drug regimens were administered to Covid-19 patients who were not actually dying.
Billionaire Bill Gate and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla ordered to testify in Dutch Covid vaccine injury lawsuit
The court order relates to a lawsuit filed in 2023 by seven people injured by Covid-19 vaccines. One of the victims has since died. According to Dutch newspaper De Andere Krant, the lawsuit centres on the question “of whether the Covid-19 injections are a bioweapon.”
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital approved to train orthopaedic surgeons
Commenting on the milestone Ceaser Bitta, a general surgeon at Maseno University, said the approval reflects JOOTRH’s growing role as a centre of excellence in clinical care, training and research.
