EAST AFRICAN NEWS

KENYA: Drugs row threatens health sector budget

October 2015 DailyNation; Kenya may be forced to increase its future annual health budget, if global drug companies have their way in the simmering patents row surrounding the manufacture of medicines. They have pushed India, Kenya’s biggest source of generic drugs, to put pressure on its trading partners to demand …

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KENYA: Cover enough to treat patients, says NHIF

October 2015 DailyNation; The National Health Insurance Fund has refuted private hospitals claim that the Sh1,200 capitation allocated for outpatient services per member is inadequate and unsustainable. NHIF rolled out the new outpatient health cover on July 1 this year, after years of only offering in-patient cover. Ever since, private …

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KENYA: Private sector workers still can’t access NHIF cover

October 2015 BusinessDaily; Millions of private sector workers cannot access outpatient medical services at private hospitals using the State health insurer’s cover, even as the agency continues to deduct higher monthly contributions pegged on an increase in the range of services offered. Thousands of contributors who tried to use the …

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EAC Secretariat Organizes Dissemination Workshop On EAC Health Projects and Programmes for Health Sector Stakeholders in Kenya

September EACPressRelease; The East African Community Secretariat in collaboration with Kenya’s State Department of East African Affairs and the Ministry of Health is organizing a five-day dissemination workshop on EAC regional health projects and programmes for health sector stakeholders, line Ministries, Departments, Agencies, and County Health Officers taking place from …

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