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Prices in Kenya climbed 7.9 percent in June from 7.1 percent in May, an acceleration in the inflation rate that was largely attributable to surging food and fuel costs. Persistent increases in food and fuel prices leave the rate of inflation in breach of the government's ceiling of no more than 7.5 percent. "Relative to May 2022 prices of wheat flour...

Rwanda has once again bagged a deal to house the new African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation, funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB) that is expected to up the continent’s access to technology in manufacturing medicines and vaccines. This comes barely a week after the German pharmaceutical company BioNTech begun construction of a COVID-19 vaccine plant in Kigali, expected to start producing mRNA vaccine by...

Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi (AKUH,N) has for the fourth time received accreditation by the Joint Commission International (JCI), for offering high-quality access to healthcare. JCI, the US-based global leader in health quality standards is an independent non-profit organization that accredits and certifies health care institutions. JCI noted, “Successful completion of a rigorous accreditation process is a signal to patients that...

Patients covered by the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) can now access the prescription drug, Abiraterone Acetate, used for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer. The NHIF and Johnson & Johnson Middle East FZ-LLC (Janssen Kenya) have entered an agreement that will ensure the drug is available to NHIF members within their existing package. Abiraterone Acetate is manufactured and distributed by...

The United States Embassy in Nairobi, through the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief program (PEPFAR) has approved $345 million (Kes40.6 billion) in support of the Kenya HIV response programs. The funds allocated through the PEPFAR Country Operational Plan (COP) 2022 will be implemented from October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023, in support of critical solutions enabling Kenya to maintain epidemic...