Health
Council of Governors to Sue Nurses Over Nationwide Strike
Mbungu Harrison Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Council of Governors has threatened to go to court to…
Ebola Training Centre Established in Mombasa for Outbreak Preparedness
By Harrison Kivisu Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Mombasa County has established an Ebola preparedness training centre at…
SRHR Advocates Want Youth-Centred Health Programmes
By Mbungu Harrison Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Sexual and reproductive health advocates have challenged traditional public health…
Kilifi HPV Vaccine for Cancer Prevention
By Julius Mwabonje Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kilifi County leaders have asked parents to take their girls…
Mudavadi’s Spouse Donates Neonatal Incubators to Four Counties
By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Prime cabinet secretary Musalia Mudavadi’s spouse Tessie has donated…
Government Warns Synthetic Drug Cartels as Mombasa Pledges for Free Rehab Care
By Mbungu Harrison Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Interior principal secretary Dr Raymond Omollo has warned drug trafficking…
Duale Issues July 1 Ultimatum on Digital Tracking of Medicines
By Mbungu Harrison Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Health cabinet secretary Aden Duale has issued a July 1…
County to Build First Medical College in Malindi
By Julius Mwabonje Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Malindi town has finally got a Kenya Medical Training College…
Cyclists Call for Safe Infrastructure in Mombasa County
By Mbungu Harrison Email, thecoastnespaper@gmail.com Cyclists and road safety advocates have called for the construction…
Government Told to Halt Proposal to Set Up Ebola Quarantine Facility in the Country
By Mbungu Harrison Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Kenya Association of Physicians (KAP) has opposed the Ministry…
Ksh6 Million Banned Pesticide Seized in Mombasa
By Mbungu Harrison Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Pest Control Products Board (PCPB) has intercepted a 40-foot…
Mombasa Launches Ksh250 Million Raila Odinga Hospital
By Mbungu Harrison Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leadership has issued a condition for…
Medical Experts Push for AI Use in Diagnosis and Patient Care
By Mbungu Harrison Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Medical practitioners have been urged the use of emerging technologies…
Cancer Cases Set to Drop as Sh800m AI Radiotherapy Machine Unveiled at Aga Khan Hospital
By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kenyan cancer patients can now breathe a sigh of relief…
African Malaria Expert Abdoulaye Djimdé Appointed to UN Scientific Advisory Board
By Mbungu Harrison Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Abdoulaye Djimdé, a globally recognised malaria researcher from Mali, has…
KAP Conference on Health Innovation and AI Integration Coming to Mombasa
By Mbungu Harrison Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Mombasa is set to host the 29th Annual Scientific Conference…
Lamu Wins Global Award For Using Water Access to Promote Peace
By The Coast Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Lamu County has received international recognition after winning the…
Health Sector Put Up Measures to Combat Fistula Related Diseases
By The Robby Ngoba Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Ministry of Health in conjuction with other partners…
Mombasa Medics Call Off Strike After Deal with County Government
By Mbungu Harrison Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Medical services in Mombasa will continue uninterrupted after the Kenya…
Public Urged to Undergo Early Screening to Combat Cervical Cancer
By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com
How Gen Z are Changing the HIV Story
By George Otieno Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com
Experts Sound Alarm as Kenya Steps up War on Drug-Resistant Infections
By Mbungu Harrison Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kenya has reaffirmed its commitment to combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR),…
Africa Moves to Harmonize Medical Product Regulations for Stronger Health Systems
By Mbungu Harrison Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The African Medicines Agency (AMA) has announced a continent-wide initiative…
Girls Drug Abuse Shoots Higher, NACADA Raises Alarm
By George Otieno Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The National Campaign Against Drug and Alcohol Abuse (NACADA) has…
Delayed Salaries and Lack of Promotion Could Plunge Lamu Health Sector into Strike
By Fumo Mzalendo Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com These grievances have forced the medical practitioners to down their…
Experts Want Government to Address Acute Shortage of Physicians in the Country
By Harrison Kivisu The Kenya Association of Physicians (KAP) is urging the government to urgently…
County Extends Universal Health Coverage to Lamu–Ras Kamboni Border Point
By Mzalendo Fadhili Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Kiunga Health Centre has received a major facelift and…
Uniting for Health: KAP and ECSACOP Lead the Charge in Regional Collaboration
By Mbungu Harrison Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kenya Association of Physicians (KAP) President Dr. Erick Njenga says…
KAP and ECSACOP to Tackle Africa’s Health Challenges with Focus on AI
By Mbungu Harrison Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The upcoming joint scientific conference hosted by the Kenya Association…
Government Set to Strengthen Health Workforce Standards, says Duale
By Harrison Kivisu Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Mombasa, Kenya: Health cabinet secretary Aden Duale has announced that…
NACADA Under Fire Over Rehab Bias
By George Otieno Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug…
Government Commits Sh6.2b for Universal Health Care Contract Workers
By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Health cabinet secretary Aden Duale says the government has committed…
Government Rolls out Typhoid and Measles- rubella Vaccination
By Ronald Mwadzombo Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kilifi County is targeting to reach more than 810,000 children…
Equity Afya Healthcare now in Kilifi County
By Robby Ngoba Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Equity Afya, a healthcare initiative by Equity Group Foundation, has…
Striking Doctors in Msambweni Kwale Blocked from Addressing Media
By Caroline Katana Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A standoff unfolded on Monday at the gates of Msambweni…
DUALE Vows to Root out KEMSA Wastage as a Result of Expired Medicines
By Harrison Kivisu Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Health Cabinet secretary Aden Duale has raised concerns over wastage…
Three Dead, as Cholera Outbreak Spreads in Kwale
By: Caroline Katana Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A deadly cholera outbreak has hit Kwale County, claiming the…
The Nairobi Hospital Launches Home Blood Collection Service
By Marvel Simiyu Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Nairobi, 9 June 2025 – The Nairobi Hospital has officially…
Duale Vows to Weed out Fake Medical Practitioners
By Harrison Kivisu Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Health cabinet secretary Aden Duale said the ministry was committed…
Coast Chapter UHC Nurses Threaten to Strike Over Unfavorable Employment Terms
By Harrison Kivisu Email, thecoasnewspaper@gmail.com Nurses contracted under the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) programme in…
FIDA-Kenya to Sue Pandya Hospital Over Negligence
By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Federation of Women Lawyers-Kenya has condemned an incident involving…
Safaricom Moves in to Realize Regional Healthcare Security
By Raymond Mwakwaya Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Telecommunication giant, Safaricom PLC, has backed East Africa regional member…
TB Vaccine to be Available Soon, Government Assures Patients
By Simon Mwalimu Cephas Email, thecoastnewspapergmail.com Health cabinet secretary Deborah Mlongo Barasa has assured Kenyans…
Mombasa to Adopt US style in Solving Garbage Menace.
By Harrison Kivisu Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Mombasa County government has announced a plan to purchase six…
Reduce Antibiotic Use in Farmed Animals, Urges WAP
By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com World Animal Protection is calling on livestock farmers to…
Stop Femicide and Declare it a National Crisis, Government Urged
By Simon Mwalim Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A Mombasa based organisation dedicated to stopping femicide has called…
A Sh2.8 Billion for Medical Oxygen Plant in Kilifi County
By Harrison Kivisu Email, thecoastnewspaper@hmail.com Two foreign governments and Synergy Gas Limited company to set…
Government Mounts Campaign to Register Kenyans Under New Social Health Authority
By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The government has started rigorous multi-agency campaigns to make sure…
Mombasa Residents to Participate in Health Awareness Walk
By Harrison Kivisu Email, tecoastnewspaper@gmail.com At Least 1,600 residents of Mombasa are set to take…
Celebrating World Breastfeeding Week in August: A Time for Reflection and Advocacy
By Mary Kavesa Email, thecoastnewspapaer@gmail.com August is a pivotal month for maternal and child health…
Medics Urged to Embrace Media for Information Dissemination
By Kalama Mshomi Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Health department heads have been urged to collaborate with journalists…
Pharmaceutical Society Oppose Deregulating Cathinone and Cathine Substances in New Law
By Harrison Kivisu Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya has strongly opposed the ongoing…
Journalists Told to Expose Fraud, Waste and Abuse in Counties Health Sector
By Harrison Kivisu Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Association of Media Women in Kenya (AMWIK) has asked…
Kidney Patients in Danger Over a Malfunctioning Renal Unit at Malindi Hospital
By the COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Some 50 kidney patients are staring death in the…
Tradition Vs. Modernity: Kilifi Mothers’ Dilemma Amidst Persistent Infant Mortality Rates
By James Odhiambo Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com For Miriam Keya of Rabai, life has never been the…
Lack of Sanitation Proper Hygiene Interventions Promote Post-Morbidity and Mortality due to Diarrhea in Kilifi County
By Caroline Katana Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Diarrhea is a leading killer of children that accounts to approximately…
Wildlife Farms Place Humans at Risk from Zoonotic Diseases.
By The COAST Correspondent Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com An estimated 5.5 billion wild animals are being kept…
Revital Healthcare Signs Mou with Japanese firm to Establish New Manufacturing Plant
By Ronald Ngoba Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A Kilifi-based medical device manufacturing company, Revital Healthcare (EPZ) Ltd,…
Coast Youth Declare War Against Radicalization and Crime
By Rehema jilo Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Mombasa December 6, 2023: Coast region youth have declared war…
Embrace Best Practices of Fighting New HIV Infections, Leaders Urged
By Caroline Katana Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A nongovernmental health organisation Stawisha Pwani is calling on county…