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No One Who Got the Twice a Year Lenacapavir Injection Caught HIV ,New Trial Data Shows

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended lenacapavir in July 2025 as an extra option for HIV negative people at substantial risk

Nov 8, 2026, 3:16 PM UTC·10 min read

Uganda Approves $36.9 Million Loan for Mbarara Cancer Centre: What It Will Treat and What Is Still Missing

If completed, the proposed cancer centre could reduce the need for patients in western Uganda to travel to the capital Kampala for specialised cancer treatment

Nov 7, 2026, 8:02 AM UTC·5 min read

How to Pay SHA Contributions in Kenya: Salaried, Self Employed and Informal Workers

Nov 7, 2026, 6:41 AM UTC·5 min read

Kenya Advances KSh10.4 Billion Plan to Cut Mother and Baby Deaths

Nov 6, 2026, 9:46 AM UTC·4 min read

WHO Experts Recommend Two New Ebola Vaccines For Trial in DR Congo as Death Toll Surpasses 5,000

The panel recommended both vaccines for further testing in people this week, based on the early evidence available from laboratory studies and early studies in people

Nov 5, 2026, 10:54 AM UTC·3 min read

Kenya to Introduce New Malaria Treatment to Curb Growing Drug Resistance

The introduction of the new malaria drug, ASPY, follows research that found changes in malaria parasites linked to drug resistance, raising concerns that artemether-lumefantrine, the treatment Kenyan hospitals have relied on since 2006, may not work as well as it once did

Nov 5, 2026, 10:26 AM UTC·5 min read

Does Cetirizine Tighten the Vagina? Kenya's Drug Regulator Says No Evidence Backs the Claim

Kenya’s Pharmacy and Poisons Board said on 4 November 2026 there is no scientific evidence for the viral cetirizine vaginal tightening claim, and warned of harm

Nov 5, 2026, 9:44 AM UTC·2 min read

Seven Candidates Proposed for WHO Director-General: Full List, Key Dates and What Happens Next

The election of a new World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General is expected in May 2027, with seven candidates officially named to replace current chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Nov 3, 2026, 5:59 PM UTC·2 min read