Mercy Kahenda is a Health Writer at Standard Health. She focuses on a range of topics within health and wellness, including public health, patient care, and healthcare administration, while also covering issues related to mental health and prenatal care. Mercy's work has been featured in Standard Group PLC.
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Mercy Kahenda's focus is on local healthcare and government announcements in the Kenyan context, with a notable emphasis on issues related to healthcare, HIV/AIDS, neonatal deaths, as well as mental health. Her coverage suggests that she would be most responsive to pitches from experts and organizations working directly within the Kenyan healthcare system.
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Health services across the country are likely to face more disruption as thousands of healthcare interns threaten to go on strike over delayed salaries.
By: Mercy Kahenda
Kenya’s medical research and disease surveillance is expected to get a boost from increased access to dry ice and specialised cold-chain services, researchers say.
By: Mercy Kahenda
The Government has released Sh396 million to the Social Health Authority to provide health cover for Community Health Promoters alongside their families.
By: Mercy Kahenda
The Pharmacy and Poisons Board is strengthening oversight of the storage, transportation and distribution of medicines and other health products as it plans nationwide compliance inspections.
By: Mercy Kahenda
The Council says the 2017 CBA was signed under duress, has never been fully implemented and was not financially sustainable.
Dulae on Monday said the delay had been occasioned by the fact that the devolved units had refused to integrate payroll systems to fast-track the payment process.
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has called on the Council of Governors and KNUNM and SRC to resolve outstanding issues at the heart of the nurses strike.
The wrangling between the Council of Governors (CoG) and striking nurses is far from over, with the council declaring that the CBA at the centre of the dispute is financially unsustainable.
By: Mercy Kahenda
A personalised cancer vaccine has shown promising results in reducing the risk of melanoma returning or spreading after surgery.
Only nine counties are complying with the law requiring them to remit Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) contributions by the ninth day of every month.
