NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 3 – Child mortality in Kenya has declined, with fewer children dying before their fifth birthday, according to the 2025/2026 Kenya Mini Demographic and Health Survey. World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in Kenya
The Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr. Victor Bampoe, has warned that any staff of the Authority caught conniving with service providers to defraud National Health Insurance Scheme subscribers will face outright dismissal and prosecution. He made the statement during the commissioning of a new NHIS District Office complex at Ejura in the Ashanti Region, aimed at improving access to services in the area.
I spent 11 years without my childhood friend. Every time the Spice Girls’ 2 Become 1 music video came on, the sight of Victoria Beckham singing on an ice rink filled me with impending doom.
“Dola allegedly supplied the chemicals used in manufacturing the drug and later bought and sold the finished product,” officials said
From Virginia Woolf’s horrifying views on eugenics to James Strachey’s seminal translations of Freud, the Bloomsbury set didn’t only experience mental illness, they shaped how society thinks about it ‘As an experience,” Virginia Woolf wrote in 1930, “madness is terrific and not to be sniffed at … In its lava, I still find most of the things I write about.” But a new exhibition at Charleston in Lewes radically excavates this narrative while challenging ideas about mental illness.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 3 — The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has called on Saudi Arabia to lift travel restrictions imposed on Kenya over the Ebola outbreak, warning that blanket measures could undermine public health cooperation and punish countries that openly report disease outbreaks. Africa CDC Director General Dr Jean Kaseya said Kenya had made significant progress in containing the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak, with no new confirmed infections reported since October 19 and no evidence of sustained community transmission.
The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has recorded improved truck turnaround and reduced compactor queues at the Olusosun Dumpsite following the extension and stabilisation of its E1 tipping platforms. According to him, the improved turnaround had also strengthened LAWMA’s capacity to clear accumulated waste backlogs and address identified black spots across Lagos State.
This was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday and signed by the Director-General of the agency, Jide Idris, who explained that the estimated cost of implementing the second National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS 2.0) is approximately N522 billion over five years.
Nigerian social media personality, Blessing CEO, has apologised to Nigerians over her past comments and actions, saying she regrets speaking about other people’s pain without understanding what they were going through. Blessing’s apology comes amid renewed scrutiny of her controversial public statements, including her comments during the domestic violence dispute involving late Bimbo Ogbonna and her husband, IVD, as well as her repeated criticism of May Edochie during her marital crisis.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 3 – More Kenyan women are giving birth in health facilities, with the proportion of facility deliveries rising to 91 per cent from 88 per cent recorded in 2022, according to the latest Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) survey. World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in Kenya
Alleged kingpin Sourabh Chandrakar extradited from Oman, remanded to two days CBI custody on Monday; former Congress CM Bhupesh Baghel had been named as a co-accused in 2024 FIR
Medical facility was struck by Russian ballistic missiles and aerial bombs overnight.
….Marwa describes agreement as declaration of war on transnational traffickers By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA — The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation against transnational drug trafficking networks operating along the Nigeria-Australia route. Marwa also cited the dismantling of a Switzerland-based cartel allegedly linked to a Nigerian, Simon Amadi, following more than a year of joint operations involving the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), as well as…
As Otti govt secures int’l recognition for health reforms By Steve Oko UMUAHIA — Abia State has emerged as the preferred location for a proposed stroke and neurovascular centre to serve Nigeria and West Africa, following its participation in the 2026 Sweden-Africa Neurosurgery Symposium in Gothenburg, Sweden. The state Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the outcome of this week’s State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Alex Otti at Government House, Umuahia.
Beaconsfield mine collapse survivor Todd Russell has announced he is leaving hospital treatment and will "see out his days" at home surrounded by his family, amid a battle with his health.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 3 – Kenyan women are having fewer children, with the country’s fertility rate declining to three children per woman from four recorded in 2022, according to the latest Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) survey. KNBS Acting Director General Benjamin Avusevwa said the mini survey was designed to bridge the information gap between the 2022 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) and the next comprehensive exercise.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 3 — Teenage pregnancy in Kenya has declined, with the proportion of girls aged 15 to 19 who have ever been pregnant falling to 11.9 per cent from 14.8 per cent recorded in 2022, according to a new national survey. KNBS official Rosemary Bowen said the survey had identified Turkana, Samburu, West Pokot, Narok and Kajiado among the counties with the highest teenage pregnancy levels.
The Hunger Project–Ghana, in partnership with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has handed over a refurbished Emergency Dispatch Centre to the Ghana National Ambulance Service in Ho, Volta Region. The Volta Regional Minister, James Gunu, commended The Hunger Project–Ghana and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for their support, noting that the upgraded facility would strengthen emergency healthcare delivery.
The call to save lives in Ghana has reached the Ghanaian community in Nashville, Tennessee, with the Administrator of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF), Adjoa Obuobia Darko-Opoku, challenging Ghanaians abroad to become powerful advocates and partners in the Fund’s life-changing mission. Ms Darko-Opoku emphasised that Ghanaians abroad could make an extraordinary difference by connecting Ghana’s healthcare needs with the expertise, resources and opportunities available in their host countries.
The fire was confined to domestic articles on the first floor of the building, spread over 235 square yards, which comprises a ground floor and three upper floors
Aga Syed Ruhullah set to resign from party, seat?. National Conference MP Aga Syed Ruhullah is likely to announce his next political move.
Hope Haven in Whitehaven is one of six trial open-access, 24/7 schemes in England offering preventive care The night Tamara first walked through the doors of Hope Haven, a new community mental health hub in the heart of Whitehaven, she was afraid.