November 2017 Dailynation; Governors have opposed a proposal to reverse treatment and management of cancer to the Ministry of Health. The governors said the ministry could not claim back the management of cancer since health is a devolved function and that it would be the beginning of recentralising equipment, “to the …
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April 2017 DailyNation; The introduction of cancer treatment in government-backed outpatient cover has seen patients access chemotherapy at a cost of Sh495.4 million paid for by the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF). NHIF data shows that cancer patients made 7,451 claims for the chemo sessions in the first half of the …
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