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How to Add Dependants to SHA in Kenya: Spouse, Children and Newborns
Add your spouse and children to SHA in Kenya. See the documents for newborns, adopted children, students over 18 and what to do when your family changes
Oct 29, 2026, 8:37 AM UTC6 min read
WHO Publishes Its First Guidance on the Evidence New TB Tests Need
New guidance from the World Health Organization sets out what evidence researchers and test makers should gather on new tuberculosis tests, including whether they work, whether clinics can use them and what they cost, so that WHO can make strong recommendations on them
Oct 27, 2026, 9:45 AM UTC3 min read
Nurse killed and colleague badly hurt while answering an Ebola alert in Congo's Tshopo province
WHO's Regional Director for Africa, Dr Mohamed Yakub Janabi, condemned the attack and wrote on X, "Misinformation and fear must never fuel violence."
Oct 26, 2026, 5:00 AM UTC3 min read
Gilead Presents HIV Research on Prevention and Simplified Treatment
The company says its latest HIV research highlights advances in lenacapavir, twice-yearly HIV prevention, and new approaches to HIV treatment and prevention
Oct 25, 2026, 6:51 AM UTC6 min read
Uganda Denies Active Ebola Cases as Kenya and Nigeria Report Infections Linked to Travel Through the Country
Nigeria’s first Ebola case and Kenya’s first cases involved patients who had travelled through Uganda
Oct 24, 2026, 10:28 AM UTC5 min read
Shamonda Virus: France Reports First Human Infection
A man with a severely weakened immune system, treated at a hospital in Lyon, is the first person known to have caught a virus that had only ever been found in animals
Oct 23, 2026, 10:40 AM UTC6 min read
Dr Ahmed Kalebi, Kenyan Pathologist, Enters Hall of Fame: What His Work Says About Waiting for a Diagnosis
From a hospital laboratory in Garissa to the first Hall of Fame of The Pathologist, Dr Ahmed Kalebi's career follows one question worth watching: how quickly can a laboratory tell a patient what is wrong?
Oct 23, 2026, 8:28 AM UTC7 min read
How to Register for SHA in Kenya: USSD, Online and In-Person Steps
Oct 23, 2026, 7:33 AM UTC5 min read
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