Africa hopes to speed up medicine approval systems
Bringing a new medicine to market in Africa requires 54 separate applications to each country on the continent, a time-intensive process that could be costing lives. African leaders are now trying to move toward a regional and eventually continentwide approach to speed the process.
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Teachers to get Sh5 billion medical cover starting July
Teachers are set to benefit from a Sh5.4 billion comprehensive medical scheme starting July 1, if a deal between the Kenya National Union of Teachers and the Teachers Service Commission becomes a reality.
Plans to implement this medical cover were thwarted last year after Knut
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Govenment Budgetary constrains jolt medical services
On average, allocations to the health sector have been at about six per cent of the total Government budget in the last five years. This had made the sector predominantly financed by private sector sources including households’
out-of-pocket spending.ÂÂ
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Medanta planning to expand operations in Africa
Medanta AfriCare, a collaboration among RJ Corp., Intex Construction Group and cardiologist Naresh Trehan’s Medanta-The Medicity, plans to expand its Africa footprint with hospitals in countries such as Uganda, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania.
