The ICT and Mobile health committee takes lead in establishing healthcare coding systems The ICT Committee held it’s first quarterly meeting at Kenya Healthcare Federation offices (KHF) on 24th January 2019 to outline the focus areas for 2019. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Torooti Mwirigi (Carepay Limited). The focus areas outlined included: data exchange, data …
Kenya Healthcare Students summit (KEHSS) held it’s annual conference themed “Towards a Multidisciplinary Approach for the achievement of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Kenya and Africa” on 8 – 9 February 2019 at United States International University, Nairobi. The Kenya Healthcare Students Summit is a conference that brings together healthcare students and interested professionals from all over …
What is the true cost of Healthcare? and what does it entail? Amref Health Africa in partnership with Kenya Healthcare Federation (KHF) held a forum on cost of healthcare on 12th February 2019, at Sarova Pan-Afric Hotel. In order to unpack the areas where costs lie in healthcare, the following guiding questions were asked: What …
10TH Ministerial Stakeholder Forum The 10th Ministerial Stakeholder Forum took place on 26th February 2019 at the PanAfric Hotel, Nairobi. The Cabinet Secretary Health Hon. Sicily Kariuki chaired the meeting with the Chairman of Kenya Healthcare Federation, Dr. Amit N. Thakker as the co-chair. The forum took place immediately after Hon. Sicily Kariuki inaugurated the NHIF Reforms …
The African Leadership Meeting was held in Ethiopia on 9th February 2019.The main agenda was “commitments for investments in the health sector across the continent with an emphasy on the importance of partnerships in order to grow the healthsector. The leadership meeting was co-organized by Africa Health Business.” Dr. Amit N. Thakker, Chairman Africa Healthcare Federation, …
TERUMO BCT opens a branch office in Kenya TERUMO BCT a global leader in blood management, blood safety, therapeutic apheresis, cell therapy and cell collections. Terumo, opened its first office in Sub-Saharan Africa in Gigiri, Kenya on 7th February 2019. This happened after the company was recently listed in a recent industry report as among the …
Kenya Healthcare Federation engagement with Meru County Kenya Healthcare Federation held the initial county stakeholder engagement with Meru County Health Officials to discuss the establishment of Meru Medical Care. The meeting was held on 10th January 2019 at KHF offices. The engagement with the county was very timely because KHF has set a goal to establish …
Crescent Tech Limited held a breakfast meeting at Parkinn Hotel in Westlands on 22nd November 2018, to discuss key challenges facing the healthcare facilities in Kenya. Some of the key issues highlighted were: Limited access to health care facilities, lack of adequate personnel and expertise to address the medical needs, poor Infrastructure where most facilities do …
New plans on achieving Universal Health Coverage Kenya Healthcare Federation(KHF) Healthcare Financing committee held it’s last quarterly meeting at KHF offices on 7th December 2018 the meeting was chaired by the committee chair Dr. Njoki Fernandes. The key agenda for the discussions were: Universal Health Coverage, Doctor’s price guidelines and NHIF amendment Bill. Dr. Walter Obita, …
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Medical Exellence Japan(MEJ) prepares for the first Public –Private Mission(PPM) The Medical Exellence Japan(MEJ) team visited Kenya from 26th November to 1st December 2018 in preparation for the first Public –Private Mission that will be held in Nairobi, in the month of February 2019.The MEJ shall conduct the mission in partnership with Kenya Healthcare Federation.The main aim …