World AIDS Day (WAD) is commemorated each year on the 1st of December. The theme for WAD 2023 is ‘Let Communities Lead’. This theme highlights the pivotal role communities have had in shaping the HIV response, as well as global health at large. Approximately 38.4 Million people are living with HIV globally. In Kenya, this …
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USAID PSE program consortium members paid a courtesy call to the KEMSA CEO, Dr. Andrew Mulwa. The delegation consisting of representatives from the Kenya Healthcare Federation (KHF) aimed to introduce the PSE program to KEMSA and explore ways the two could collaborate to support local healthcare manufacturing in Kenya. KHF was represented at the meeting …
USAID’s Private Sector Engagement team met with representatives from Tasa Pharma, a Kenyan manufacturer focused on sterile injectables. Tasa Pharma outlined their capabilities in quality assurance, training, and good manufacturing practices while highlighting ambitions to expand production volumes and pursue advanced technologies like mRNA manufacturing. However, Tasa Pharma faces challenges around financing, government procurement policies …
The Kenya Healthcare Federation (KHF) partnered with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to host an important talk on financial management for health small and medium-sized enterprises (HSMEs) in Kenya. The main goal of the talk was to showcase a new financial management toolkit that provides practical templates and resources aimed at boosting HSMEs’ financial governance, …
A 4-day co-creation workshop was held to discuss strengthening local healthcare manufacturing in Kenya. This workshop brought together key players from the public and private sectors to hold discussions on growing domestic healthcare manufacturing capacity in the country. Participants included government agencies like the Directorate of Health Products and Technologies (DHPT), the State Department of …
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is funding a collaborative project between the Strathmore University Business School (SBS) in Kenya and the Kenya Healthcare Federation (KHF), aimed at advancing women into leadership roles across Kenya’s health sector. The ‘Driving Country Level Change – Women in Health Leadership Project‘ Focus Group Discussion on Women in Health …
In the month of November, the USAID PSE program organized county co-creation meetings in the program’s five focus counties, namely: Mombasa – held at Bliss Resort in Mombasa on 14 November Kisumu – held at Best Western Hotel in Kisumu no 15 – 16 November Nakuru – held at Waterbuck Hotel in Nakuru on 16 …
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Kenya Healthcare Federation (KHF) recently partnered with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to host a two-day Africa Medical Equipment Facility (AMEF) HSME training event in Eldoret, Kenya. The interactive training equipped participants from various health SMEs with valuable skills to improve how they procure medical equipment. Presentations and hands-on activities covered conducting needs assessments, budget …
“Accelerating Circularity: Trends and Opportunities in Kenya” was the timely theme of a recent one-day hybrid conference held on the vital topic of adopting a Circular Economy model in Kenya. Organized by Sustainable Inclusive Business (SIB-K) as part of the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA), in partnership with The Rock Group (TRG), the conference consisted …
Organized in collaboration with the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) Business Hub, the Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic held a business forum for various sectors in Nairobi on 6th November 2023. The main aim of the forum was to connect businesses in the same sector in order to promote mutual exchanges and collaboration. …