The newly launched outpatient scheme under the National Hospital Insurance Fund is aimed at reducing the number of patients opting for self-medication.
The number of Kenyans who access health care through out-of-pocket payments due to the lack of government financing in most hospitals stands at 40 per cent of the population, according to the Well [...]
The newly launched outpatient scheme under the National Hospital Insurance Fund is aimed at reducing the number of patients opting for self-medication.
The number of Kenyans who access health care through out-of-pocket payments due to the lack of government financing in most hospitals stands at 40 per cent of the population, according to the Well Being study.
The government’s plan is to increase NHIF coverage from the current two million members to eight million in the next two years.
According to Medical Services minister Anyang’ Nyong’o, more than 11 million Kenyans and their dependants do not have a health insurance cover.
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World AIDS Day is being marked by the launch of a four-day National Health Fair, where the focus will be on efforts to prevent the spread of HIV in Liberia, and improve the treatment, care and support for people living with HIV. The fair will be held from 1-4 December in Kakata, Margibi County.
With [...]
World AIDS Day is being marked by the launch of a four-day National Health Fair, where the focus will be on efforts to prevent the spread of HIV in Liberia, and improve the treatment, care and support for people living with HIV. The fair will be held from 1-4 December in Kakata, Margibi County.
With the theme “Universal Access and Human Rights,” the 3rd Annual National Health Fair will bring together representatives of the Government of Liberia, international and national non-governmental agencies, donors, community organizations, other partners and health workers. Participants at the health fair will hold discussions on how to prevent the spread of HIV in Liberia, improve health services at the community and national levels, and devise strategies to scale up maternal, newborn and child health.
In Liberia, efforts to respond to HIV, particularly by preventing mother-to-child transmission, are showing positive results, but many children made vulnerable by HIV still struggle to have their basic needs met.
This year’s World AIDS Day and the four-day health fair are being organized by the National AIDS Control Program of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, and the National AIDS Commission, with technical support of the UN Team on AIDS.
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Thanks for your editorial calling on Liberals to vote in favour of Bill C-393, a private member’s bill to reform Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime. With this bill Canada has an opportunity to once again take a leadership position on humanitarian issues.
Critics say the bill is not compliant with current WTO rules, but international [...]
Thanks for your editorial calling on Liberals to vote in favour of Bill C-393, a private member’s bill to reform Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime. With this bill Canada has an opportunity to once again take a leadership position on humanitarian issues.
Critics say the bill is not compliant with current WTO rules, but international trade law experts have testified that it is WTO compliant.
Critics say providing for compulsory licenses allowing generic companies to produce patent-protected drugs for export to developing countries would constitute a disincentive to brand-name pharmaceutical research. Nonsense. The entire continent of Africa constitutes less than 2 per cent of global pharmaceutical sales. CAMR currently provides for royalties to be paid to the patent-holding company. Bill C-393 does not change this.
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