SHA Membership Doubles as Government Expands Health Cover to 32.3 Million Kenyans
By Caroline Katana Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com More than 32 million Kenyans are now registered under the Social Health Authority (SHA) nearly...
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State to Provide Smartphones to Community Health Promoters
By Mbungu Harrison Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The government will equip all 107,800 Community Health Promoters (CHPs) across the country with new...
Elderly and Pregnant Women Call for Free SHA Cover
By Halima Charo Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A section of Kwale County residents say they have started to benefit Four years from...
Council of Governors to Sue Nurses Over Nationwide Strike
Mbungu Harrison Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Council of Governors has threatened to go to court to oppose the planned looming nationwide...
Ebola Training Centre Established in Mombasa for Outbreak Preparedness
By Harrison Kivisu Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Mombasa County has established an Ebola preparedness training centre at Port Reitz Subcounty Hospital to...
SRHR Advocates Want Youth-Centred Health Programmes
By Mbungu Harrison Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Sexual and reproductive health advocates have challenged traditional public health messaging that largely focuses on...
Kilifi HPV Vaccine for Cancer Prevention
By Julius Mwabonje Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kilifi County leaders have asked parents to take their girls and women for the Human...
Mudavadi’s Spouse Donates Neonatal Incubators to Four Counties
By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Prime cabinet secretary Musalia Mudavadi's spouse Tessie has donated eight incubators from her infant...
Government Warns Synthetic Drug Cartels as Mombasa Pledges for Free Rehab Care
By Mbungu Harrison Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Interior principal secretary Dr Raymond Omollo has warned drug trafficking cartels against peddling synthetic drugs...
Duale Issues July 1 Ultimatum on Digital Tracking of Medicines
By Mbungu Harrison Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Health cabinet secretary Aden Duale has issued a July 1 ultimatum requiring all pharmaceutical players...
