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Kenya receives 358,000 Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine doses amid Kagwe’s warnings on theft and illegal vaccinations

Kenya has received a total of  358,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from Canada which is another shot in the arm needed for its vaccination efforts. The vaccines came just a few days after receiving another 880,460 doses of Moderna...

Poor pig handling leading to low quality pork on our tables -study

There is a direct relationship between how pigs are raised in the farm, transported, slaughtered and the quality of pork that we consume. According to a collaborative study released by World Animal Protection, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and University...

Kenya receives 880,460 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, a major boost to vaccination efforts

Kenya on Monday received 880,460 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines in yet another boost to the ongoing vaccination drive that targets to vaccinate 10 million people by the end of the year. According to the Ministry of Health,the Moderna Vaccine...

Africa CDC to Host the Inaugural Annual Conference on Public Health in Africa from 14-16 December

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) (www.AfricaCDC.org) has announced that the 1st International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA), which was postponed (https://bit.ly/3xFjH43) earlier this year due to COVID-19, will now take place virtually...

Where to get the Covid-19 vaccine in Kenya

You will no longer have to travel long distances or suffer even longer queues thanks to the unveiling of a new list of Coronavirus vaccination sites spread all over the country and counties. In the list made public by the...

10 emerging issues from Covid-19 reporting in Kenya

Lack of enough data, proper research, proper planning, and compassion towards each other are among the factors hampering the fight against Covid -19 in Kenya. These emerged at a Twitter spaces discussion hosted by the Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE)...

Dr Githinji Gitahi Appointed to the New Commission on African COVID-19 Response by South Africa President, H.E Cyril Ramaphosa

Dr Githinji Gitahi, Group CEO, Amref Health Africa has been appointed as a commissioner in the newly constituted Commission on African COVID-19 Response. This comes after the announcement of the appointment of H.E. Cyril Ramaphosa as the African Union Champion...

Kenya, US resolve ARVs stalemate, normal distribution to resume

People living with HIV and AIDS can now heave a sigh of relief after National Aids Control Council met with US representatives to resolve some pending issues that had led to a stalemate causing anguish to PLWHA who were...

EU Digital COVID Certificate “Green Pass not inclusive of everyone-AU

The African union has decried the fact that the applicability of the EU Digital COVID Certificate “Green Pass” to different COVID-19 vaccines excludes persons who received the Covishield vaccine. Basically, while the AstraZeneca vaccine (ChAdOx1_nCoV-19) produced and authorized in Europe...

Covid -19: is Kenya stuck in a perennial loop?

A police station in Emuhaya Vihiga County has been closed for 14 days after three officers tested positive for Covid-19. This is according to Commander Reuben Kemboi. Vihiga is among the 13 hot spot counties now under a 7...

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