Government Chemist Department To Start A Branch In Marsabit, Kenya

Posted on :Tuesday , 13th October 2020

The government has finalized plans to set up a central chemical testing laboratory in Marsabit County to serve the northern region.
 

Government chemist Ali Gakweli said preparations for the facility had started with the government chemist department securing a building at the local Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KARLO) centre.
 

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Kenyan Startup Xetova Shortlisted For MIT Fund

Posted on :Friday , 11th September 2020

A Kenyan technology startup, Xetova, has been named as a 2020 Global Solve finalist by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the health Security and Pandemics track. MIT Solve is an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a mission to solve the world’s most acute challenges.

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Kenya Receives Ksh 1B Grant For Medical Equipment And Scholarships

Posted on :Monday , 7th September 2020

Kenya and Japan governments have signed a grant amounting to approximately Ksh 1.02 billion for the provision of medical equipment to be installed in various health facilities across the country.
 

The grant is also expected to enhance healthcare delivery to all Kenyans and modernize health facilities countrywide.
 

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Green Gratitude supports COVID health workers in Accra Ghana

Posted on :Thursday , 30th July 2020

Green Gratitude, a local Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) committed to the welfare of frontline workers in the Covid-19 fight, has extended a hand of support to Doctors and Nurses at the Covid-19 treatment centre at the El-Wak Stadium in Accra. The NGO has decided to provide at least one hot meal to the frontline staff at the facility for the next two weeks. 

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Phone-based HIV support system repurposed for COVID monitoring in Uganda

Posted on :Thursday , 30th July 2020

A cost-effective phone based system developed by a Cambridge researcher and her Ugandan colleagues to support HIV patients has been rapidly adapted by the team to help the Ugandan Ministry of Health monitor those in quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic.

People entering Uganda have been required to quarantine for 14 days as part of the country's lockdown measures, during which time t. . .