The Emergency Medicine Kenya Foundation has launched a new digital application designed to connect ambulance services across Kenya’s counties, to significantly reduce the time it takes for patients to receive emergency medical care. The Ambulensi App, links county ambulance fleets to a coordinated dispatch system that can track vehicles in real time and direct the…
Health union leaders speaking in Nairobi during a joint press briefing, accusing Nairobi and Marsabit county governments of failing to resolve the ongoing healthcare workers’ strike that has disrupted services on 25th Feb 2025. Health workers drawn from several unions have faulted Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja and Marsabit Governor Mohamud Mohamed Ali for allegedly failing…
Participants at the 16th KEMRI Annual Scientific and Health Conference (KASH) listen intently as researchers and health professionals discuss emerging threats in neonatal health, including drug‑resistant Klebsiella infections in Kenyan hospitals in Nairobi on February 11, 2026. Newborns, in rising numbers in Kenya are being infected by a bacteria that no longer respond to standard…
Kenyan women at a family planning clinic. Global health and human rights organisations have strongly criticised a new United States foreign aid policy that bars most aid recipients from performing or promoting abortion, “gender ideology,” or diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) activities, warning it will have devastating consequences for health systems and vulnerable populations worldwide….
West Pokot County, Kenya: Beyond fever, weight loss and enlarged spleen(splenomegaly) or liver (hepatomegaly) together known as (hepatosplenomegaly), kala-azar quietly disrupts women’s reproductive health, causing fear, stigma, and delayed pregnancies that often go unnoticed but are reversible with early treatment. News Light Kenya’s Health and Science Correspondent, Henry Owino visited West Pokot, one of the…
Stakeholders during a panel session at the “Unlocking BRCA, Streamlining Pathways: PathoLink AZ” programme in Nairobi on Friday November 28,2025. Photo/Courtesy Kenyan cancer patients are set to benefit from faster, more affordable BRCA1 and BRCA2 testing under a strengthened national pathway designed to cut delays that have long slowed diagnosis and treatment. The initiative aims…
Dr. Mercy Mwangangi addresses a media briefing in Nairobi on the rollout of a national emergency care system that will provide free ambulance evacuation and 24-hour treatment for Kenyans in life-threatening conditions. Nairobi, October 2025-Kenya is preparing to launch a nationwide emergency care and ambulance dispatch service aimed at ensuring timely response to life-threatening situations…
When Mama Baraka lost her four-year-old son in 2024, her world fell apart. Her TikTok posts, which now serve as a digital memorial to Brylejones Baraka, detail the family’s painful struggle to save him. “Baby Baraka was a post-liver transplant; he was on immunosuppressive medication. He had sepsis and was admitted for three weeks, but…
From (L-R)The Nairobi Hospital Acting CEO Felix Osano,Mercy Mkubwa, a Senior Nurse Staff, Dr. Susan Njuguna, Dean of the School of Nursing at Daystar University and Margaret Muyoro, Chairperson of the National Nurses Association of Kenya (Nairobi Chapter) during commomeration of Nurses at The Nairobi Hospital. Nairobi Hospital joined the global community in celebrating International…
Homa Bay Partners with Aga Khan Hospital to Establish Cancer Care CentreThe County Government of Homa Bay has signed a landmark agreement with Aga Khan Hospital to establish a cancer care centre, aiming to ease the burden of cancer treatment for local residents. Governor Gladys Wanga, who witnessed the signing at the county headquarters in…
