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November 23, 2019

Germany injects $8.69 million to boost Tanzania’s ICT in health

October 18, 2019

Why Tanzania must digitize essential health services

October 17, 2019

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Mobile-based medical insurance claims platform launched in Kenya

September 27, 2019

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Aga Khan Academies student receives Princes Diana’s award

September 16, 2019

Aga Khan Academy Mombasa has over the years been receiving accolades for developing positive changes and curriculum that supports community...

Kenya vet suppliers umbrella body to protect, promote interests

August 21, 2019

VISAK is an umbrella organization for manufacturers, formulators, importers, distributors of animal health products and related equipment

East Africa

Amref Health Africa CEO appointed to AU’s Centre for Disease Control board

August 14, 2019

Amref Health Africa Global CEO and Co-Chair of UHC 2030 steering committee, Dr. Githinji Gitahi has been appointed as a...

A maize crop failure. Rainfall deficits and failure in the Horn of Africa Region threaten economic and intercommunal instability due to limited resources. theexchange.africa

Countries

Starvation, death threaten Horn of Africa stability

April 17, 2019

Among those who require immediate early action are 10.7 million people across Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and the Karamoja region in...

VIDEO: United States invest $40 million in Ethiopia’s health sector

by Steve Mwaniki

February 28, 2019

The USA has injected $40 million towards boosting Ethiopia’s health sector to provide quality and affordable healthcare. The US –...

Treatment over the internet as telemedicine catches up from Kenya’s refugee camps is now possible. Liquid Telecom is targeting 250,000 refugees to be treated over the internet at the Dadaab refugee camp. www.exchange.co.tz

Kenya: 250,000 refugees to be treated over the internet

February 7, 2019

Liquid Telecom Kenya has connected Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital in Nairobi to Dadaab refugee complex offering treatment to the community of...

Pupils at Oserian Primary School enjoying a cup of uji in their first day of school in 2019. This follows the introduction of the school feeding programme by Oserian Development Company. www.exchange.co.tz

Hunger won’t keep Oserian children out of school

January 7, 2019

The feeding programme also aims at encouraging enrolment in school because when children are assured of a meal, they will...

The prize amount of one million US dollars, offered by the State of Kuwait, is awarded annually to individuals or institutions within one of the three fields of Food Security, Health and Education

Industry and Trade

Ugandan researchers get Kuwait recognition for health interventions

November 21, 2018

A researcher at the Rakai Health Sciences Program, which is a nonprofit independent research center based in Rakai, Uganda is among three joint...

Neglected diseases, mainly in Africa are those that rarely make economic sense for pharmaceutical companies whence no drugs are developed for their cure.

Industry and Trade

Qatar to work with African countries on rarely-funded diseases

November 19, 2018

Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) has signed an agreement with World Health Organization (WHO)’s Regional Office for Africa worth 3...

Kenyatta University Hospital stares at a looming defaulting an Exim Bank of China loan with both Parliament and Executive mulling at a state rescue- The Exchange

The US$99 million Kenyan hospital battling China’s loan