Shelter Afrique Boost Kenya Medical Association Housing plan
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Pan African housing and habitat development financier Shelter Afrique has extended a Sh740 million development loan to Kenya Medical Association Housing Co-operative for the construction of 160 housing units in Mtwapa, Mombasa County.
The five year loan will be priced at 13.5 percent. Speaking at the loan signing ceremony, Shelter Afrique Acting Managing Director Mr. Yekini Olayanju said that the funds are earmarked to co-finance the development of project.
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Legal boon for local medical supplies sector
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- Published on Thursday, 03 July 2014 04:38
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The Government has promised to enforce the law requiring suppliers to source 40 per cent of their goods from the local market, a move that could see a huge growth in the pharmaceutical sector. This comes at a time the Health Ministry has set aside more than Sh43 billion for the procurement of medical facilities in the country.
Funding Boosts Fistula Treatment Program in Kenya
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- Published on Thursday, 03 July 2014 04:25
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The Fistula Foundation, a U.S,-based organization dedicated to treating obstetric fistula, announced recently that it received a $2 million grant to support their work to treat women with obstetric fistula in Kenya, through a new program, Action on Fistula.
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New Medical Equipment Taken to Mpeketoni Hospital
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- Published on Thursday, 03 July 2014 04:31
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MEDICAL equipment worth Sh11 million was yesterday delivered at the Mpeketoni District Hospital.
The facilities which the county government was planning to buy three months ago arrived earlier than expected to help with the emergency cases at the facility after the Sunday night attack.
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Kenya to host regional center for drugs regulation
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The East African nation was selected by New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) effective after beating five African countries, national regulatory authorities and universities who had responded to NEPAD call for applications.
“This means Kenya is now a model where other African countries are expected to come to learn Pharmacovigilance activities,” the Pharmacy and Poisons Board said in a statement unissued in Nairobi.
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