{"id":139969,"date":"2026-05-06T06:02:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T06:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/ps-mary-muthoni-elected-to-lead-african-health-pss\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T06:02:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T06:02:47","slug":"ps-mary-muthoni-elected-to-lead-african-health-pss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/ps-mary-muthoni-elected-to-lead-african-health-pss\/","title":{"rendered":"PS Mary Muthoni elected to lead African health PSs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Public Health Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni has been elected Chairperson of African Permanent and Principal Secretaries for Health in Brazzaville.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PS Muthoni was elected during a high-level consultative meeting on cross-border collaboration for health security in Brazzaville, Congo.<\/p>\n<p>The election marks a significant milestone in strengthening coordinated continental action on public health and reinforces Kenya\u2019s growing role in shaping Africa\u2019s health priorities.<\/p>\n<p>The appointment is expected to strengthen regional collaboration, improve coordination in disease surveillance and emergency response, and expand access to shared expertise, innovations, and best practices across the continent.<\/p>\n<p>It also enhances Kenya\u2019s influence in mobilising partnerships and advancing resilient and responsive health systems that protect communities and support the Universal Health Coverage agenda.<\/p>\n<p>The position reflects a shared commitment among African nations to deepen cooperation across health sectors and strengthen coordinated responses to cross-border health threats through collective leadership and strategic partnerships.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/ps-mary-muthoni-elected-to-lead-african-health-pss\/\">PS Mary Muthoni elected to lead African health PSs<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC Digital<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public Health Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni has been elected Chairperson of African Permanent and Principal Secretaries for Health in Brazzaville. PS Muthoni was elected during a high-level consultative meeting on cross-border collaboration for health security in Brazzaville, Congo. The election marks a significant milestone in strengthening coordinated continental action on public health and reinforces Kenya\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}