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5 days ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Mercy Kahenda
Douglas Bosire, Acting NSDCC CEO speaks to media about the worrying trend of HIV infections and deaths. [Mercy Kahenda, Standard]Dennis*, 31, finds the idea of visiting a clinic for an HIV test unnecessary and intrusive. Despite having multiple girlfriends, he insists on using condoms and avoids partners he considers high risk. “Testing for HIV has never crossed my mind. I use protection every time to protect myself,” he told The Standard.
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1 week ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Mercy Kahenda
No life without a brain, surgeon cautions
Neurosurgeon says the brain controls everything a living person does.
He says brain injuries, including being hit on the head, must be avoided at all costs
Human brain concept. [Courtesy/GettyImages]
The brain is an essential organ and must be safeguarded at all costs. Injury to it can lead to paralysis or even death.
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1 week ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Mercy Kahenda
SHA CEO Dr Mercy Mwangangi when she officially assumed office after her appointment in April 2025. [Edward Kiplimo,Standard]The hiring and deployment of staff at the Social Health Authority (SHA) has sparked outrage, with concerns raised over alleged contempt of court and significant salary reductions. This follows the issuance of deployment letters by the Public Service Commission (PSC) to former National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) employees who are currently serving under SHA.
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1 week ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Mercy Kahenda
Social Health Authority CEO Dr Mercy Mwangangi, on June 3, 2025. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]
There is growing uproar among non-salaried Kenyans who say they are unable to remit their annual premiums to the Social Health Authority (SHA), even as the Ministry of Health pushes for mandatory registration to the scheme.
Initially, under the revised payment model, non-salaried individuals were allowed to make monthly contributions, a relief to many who could not afford annual payments.
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1 week ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Mercy Kahenda
Acting NSDCC CEO Dr Douglas Bosire (right) and Governor Wesley Rotich during men and boys summit, in Elgeyo Markwet. [Courtesy]
Community elders, religious leaders, and men and boys have been enlisted to lead renewed efforts to end HIV/AIDS by 2030, in a bold push to challenge stigma and reshape harmful beliefs associated with the disease.
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1 week ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Mercy Kahenda
Douglas Bosire, Acting NSDCC CEO speaks to media about worrying trend of HIV infections and deaths. November 4, 2023. [File, Standard]
The idea of walking into a clinic for an HIV test feels unnecessary and intrusive to Dennis*.
The 31-year-old insists he is careful as he uses condoms during sex and avoids partners he considers high-risk.
“Testing for HIV has never crossed my mind,” he tells The Standard on Sunday.
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2 weeks ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Maryann Anyango |Mercy Kahenda
Principal Secretary, State Department for Public Health Mary Muriuki Muthoni speech during the launch of Polio vaccination campaigns a cross the Country at a Nairobi Hotel on Tuesday, August, 22, 2023. [FILE/Standard]
Wrangles have erupted between the Ministry of Health and British American Tobacco (BAT) over a controversial national health campaign partnership targeting transport sector workers to be launched on June 18, targeting 10 counties.
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2 weeks ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Mercy Kahenda
Alpha Kennedy Sanya, the highest blood donor in Kenya donates blood at the Kenya National Blood Transfusion Services (KNBTS) in Nakuru. He has donated 104 times. [Cosmas Mwongela]
The will to save lives drives Alpha Kennedy Sanya to wake up each day with a single mission: to donate blood.
“If I could donate blood every day, I would. I’d wake up every morning and do it. But it can only be done once every three months,” says Sanya, the country’s highest blood donor.
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2 weeks ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Mercy Kahenda
Universal Health Coverage (UHC) staffers from across the country stage a demonstration in Nairobi where they presented their petition to the Parliament on March 11, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]
The budgetary allocation for the Ministry of Health has failed to address the funding gap left by the freeze on foreign aid from the US government, which has long been a major supporter of Kenya’s healthcare system.
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2 weeks ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Maryann Anyango |Mercy Kahenda
The Health Ministry has witnessed many changes across various State Departments. [File, Standard]
The Ministry of Health has been put in the spotlight over a controversial national health campaign partnership with British American Tobacco (BAT).
The Standard has established that the Ministry wrote a letter to BAT seeking partnership in a national anti-tobacco campaign targeting transport sector workers.
