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Pumwani Hospital Incident, a Wakeup Call for Counties on Managing Health Facilities
The recent discovery of 12 dead babies stuffed in polythene bags at Pumwani Hospital is a wakeup call for County Governments to rethink the management of their public health facilities. Despite devolving the health system, the stark reality is that primary care system in Kenya is not efficient and not able to serve the needs of the population. The devolved system was supposed to bring more ownership and decision power to the local level. However, the devolution has brought about budget cuts and the fact that public administrators now have the responsibility to manage their public hospita
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Addressing NCDs to Fast-Track Achievement of Universal Health Coverage
The emerging prevalence of Non–Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and related risk factors may reverse Kenya’s recent gains in health, unless urgent and deliberate actions are taken.
It is estimated that non-communicable diseases account for 27% of all deaths suffered by Kenyans, equivalent to almost 100,000 people per year (WHO, 2016). Over 50% of all hospital admissions are as a result of NCDs.
The burden of disease brought about by non-communicable diseases is a major public health concer
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What the Budget Means for Universal Health Coverage
By Dr Meshack Ndirangu The health sector was one of the major highlights of the 2018/19 budget with its allocation of the budget increasing by 46 percent from KSh61.6 billion allocated in 2017/18 to KSh90 billion. For the health sector, imperatives for us to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) include the need to mobilise adequate resources, increase investments in Primary Health Care, and reform key institutions such as the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) to align them to the UHC agenda.
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Crusade critical in achieving universal health cover
The recent enactment of the Health Bill (2015)—now the Health Act—is welcome news for Kenya. It has taken up some of the priority issues dominating discourse in the healthcare sector and given them the full backing of the law. One such issue, which is of particular importance to Kenya at the moment, is universal health coverage (UHC). Universal Health Coverage aims at ensuring access to quality and affordable healthcare for all Kenyans. Read More
