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Doctors and insurers clash on reduction of medical fees

Insurances are recording losses from the high cost of healthcare cover

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Kenya to invest in competitive pharmaceutical manufacturing industry

Health ministry says it will offer a conducive environment to local pharmaceutical players in the battle against their international counterparts

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Kenyans to live 10.5 years longer by 2040, new study reveals

People of both sexes in Spain will live for 85.8 years on average, marginally edging out expected lifespans in Japan (85.7), Singapore (85.4) and...

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WB: If Kenya acts now, children born today could be healthier, wealthier, more productive

The Human Capital Index, launched at the World Bank-IMF Annual Meetings, shows that a child born in Kenya today will be 52% as productive...

Moi Kabarak High School students sing in celebration after it produced the top KCSE candidate on February 28, 2011. Kenyan workers receive more education than they did in 1990. The Education ministry has proposed ways to control re-entry and discourage pregnancy in schools www.businesstoday.co.ke
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Study finds drop in Kenya’s investment in education and healthcare

The country’s human capital ranked 139 out of 195 countries in 2016, falling slightly from #137 in 1990

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Govt rolls out plan to feed children on balanced diet

Three guide books launched as feeding campaign shifts food-based nutrition interventions to promote consumption of foods with more nutrients

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Drug maker steps up assault on pain market

GSK launches Panadol Extra with Optizorb, which it says offers patients faster relief from discomforts

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Muraguri in a spot over Sh7.1b expenditure

The money was used to resettle internally displaced persons and Mau Forest evictees and, according to Auditor General Edward Ouko, the PS failed...