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Social Enterprises Key to UHC Success In Kenya
Kenya is making commendable progress in the push to attain universal health coverage (UHC) for all its citizens. UHC is about financial protection and equity in access to quality health services that address the most significant causes of disease and death, and ensures that the quality of these services is good enough to improve the health of the people receiving them. A pointer to the progress Kenya is making in UHC is increased NHIF enrolment. In 2018, NHIF membership rose 23 per cent on an annual basis to 7.7 million people, with most of the new members coming from the informal sector. T
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Healthcare Convention Doubles Down on Universal Health Coverage for Africa
By Samuel Getachew The Africa Health Agenda International Conference, an initiative of Amref Health Africa, one of the largest health-related conferences in the continent hosted its biennial gathering inside Kigali’s Convention Centre in Rwanda this week. The five day event, including a two-day Youth Pre-Conference highlighted the need to have universal health coverage across the African continent by 2030. Among the highlights was a mixture of scientific tracks, dozens of workshops and had more than 1500 delegates in attendance, including hundreds of healthcare workers across the cont
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$181 Million in Activities to Help Prevent Maternal and Child Deaths
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) officially launched a suite of four activities to address preventable maternal and child deaths in Ethiopia. These “Transform” activities will support the Government of Ethiopia’s overall efforts to prevent child and maternal deaths. USAID is investing approximately $181 million (USD) in these activities through 2022. The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) is also providing support. • Transform: Primary Health Care • Transform: Health in Dev
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