Universal Health 2030 Solving Complex Health System Problems
February 2020 DailyNation; The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) risks collapse within two years unless the proposed rates President Uhuru Kenyatta halted mid last month are implemented. A report by a Health Financing Reforms Expert Panel (Hefrep), which Health Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki set up to transform and reposition the …
Read More »KENYA:Insurers reject Nairobi Women’s Hospital bills over ‘cost inflation’ claims
February 2020 Business Daily; Health insurers will not honour future bills from the Nairobi Women’s Hospital, officials said on Tuesday, in a move likely to worsen the woes of the facility currently fighting claims of cost inflation. Mr Tom Gichuhi, the Association of Kenya Insurers (AKI) chief executive said that …
Read More »KENYA: Morphine shortage deepens the pain for cancer patients
January 2020 BusinessDaily; Only one in ten cancer patients in public hospitals has access to morphine, the essential pain control drug that is recommended for patients in palliative care, a new survey by the Ministry of Health has revealed. The Kenya Harmonised Health Facility Assessment report for 2018/19 indicates that …
Read More »KENYA: Hospitals on the spot over expired drugs
January 2020 BusinessDaily; About half of hospitals in Kenya do not regularly remove expired or unusable medicines from their shelves, a new survey by the Health ministry has shown. The Kenya Harmonised Health Facility Assessment report for 2018/19 indicates that only 54 percent of health facilities, both public and private, have records …
Read More »KENYA:Reprieve as Uhuru Kenyatta suspends NHIF’s Sh6,000 rule
January 2020 Businessdaily; President Uhuru Kenyatta has suspended the implementation of controversial National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) regulations that had tripled costs for new members. The President in a televised address from State House Mombasa said on Tuesday that the rules, which had set in on January 1 and caused …
Read More »KENYA:Mt Kenya counties sign Universal Health Care agreements with government
January 2020 theStar; Seven counties from Mt Kenya region have entered into a partnership with the national government geared towards realisation of Universal Health Care (UHC). Governors representing counties signed the agreements with the ministry of Health in Nairobi on Monday, a year after the pilot programmes were launched in …
Read More »NHIF reverses Sh495m paid for revenue system
January 2020 BusinessDaily; The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) says it has reversed payment of Sh495 million made to an IT firm for the Integrated Revenue Management system. The money was part of the audit query that former Auditor-General Edward Ouko had raised in his report for 2017/2018. Through documents …
Read More »Rwanda makes its own morphine while U.S. awash with opioids
December 2019 cbsnews; It was something, the silence. Nothing but the puff of her breath and the scuff of her slip-on shoes as Madeleine Mukantagara walked through the fields to her first patient of the day. Piercing cries once echoed down the hill to the road below. What she carried …
Read More »KENYA: Smoking kitchens kill 24 babies in Kenya daily
December 2019 the standard; The biggest killer of our babies and young children today is the smoke caused by cooking with firewood and charcoal inside our homes. However, we are currently chasing goals to reduce childhood morbidity and mortality as if we genuinely did not have access to data showing …
Read More »KENYA: Hazards kept at bay with ruling on smoking
December 2019 theStar; “I saw several Spaniards on the island of Hispanola who were reproached because of their bad habits. They answered it was impossible for them to stop smoking.” Bartholome de las Casas Other than ‘discovering’ America, the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, influenced the growth and use of Nicotina tobacum what …
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