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GATONYE GATHURA
GATONYE GATHURA
GATONYE GATHURA writes for the Standard Health
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It is becoming extremely difficult to treat children in Nairobi for common diseases because most available medicines are not working, medical experts have said.
By GATONYE GATHURA
Jun. 19, 2015
Jun. 19, 2015
The next generation of medical doctors does not want to be devolved to the counties, a new survey has shown.
By Gatonye Gathura
Jul. 20, 2015
Jul. 20, 2015
The next generation of medical doctors does not want to be devolved to the counties, a new survey has shown.
By Gatonye Gathura
Jul. 20, 2015
Jul. 20, 2015
The US will help Kenya deal with any threat of bio-terrorism as well as emerging diseases such as Ebola.
By Gatonye Gathura
Jul. 27, 2015
Jul. 27, 2015
The Global Fund is concerned about the country's slow pace in absorbing HIV, malaria and tuberculosis grants and wants specific targets met by the end of this year.
By Gatonye Gathura
Aug. 12, 2015
Aug. 12, 2015
Unsafe abortions are on the rise, with backstreet operators killing about 2,600 women annually, way above the number killed by cervical cancer last year.
By Gatonye Gathura
Aug. 17, 2015
Aug. 17, 2015
About 70 per cent of medical students are unhappy with how they are being trained and feel ill-prepared to handle patients in hospitals.
By Gatonye Gathura
Aug. 19, 2015
Aug. 19, 2015
There is a serious shortage of oncologists (cancer doctors) and doctors who treat kidney diseases in public hospitals.
By Gatonye Gathura
Aug. 20, 2015
Aug. 20, 2015
As the doctors’ strike enters week six, the Health Ministry is digging in for a long siege while governors are plotting a decisive blow.
By Gatonye Gathura
Jan. 15, 2017
Jan. 15, 2017
Kenya could lose more than Sh3.5 billion for malaria control if US President Donald Trump makes good his threat to cut foreign assistance.
By Gatonye Gathura
Jan. 22, 2017
Jan. 22, 2017
Kenya has no ownership claim to a breakthrough cervical cancer treatment developed at Kenyatta National Hospital three years ago, it has emerged.
By Gatonye Gathura
Feb. 12, 2017
Feb. 12, 2017
Kenya has missed its 2017 malaria elimination target with experts warning that mosquitoes have upped their tricks of survival.
By Gatonye Gathura
Feb. 20, 2017
Feb. 20, 2017
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