April 2018 Dailynation; This week the World Bank Group is hosting UHC Financing Forum in Washington, DC. Back home, doctors are holding conferences to discuss healthcare financing towards universal health coverage. And the two meetings couldn’t be more timely. However, there is a recurring reference to public-private partnerships as the magic …
Read More »KENYA: National dialysis project, the miracle Kenya needed in renal care
March 2017 DailyNation; Six years ago, a retired engineer drowned in his own body fluids. His kidneys had failed due to hypertension and, over time, and with money hard to come by, he could not afford care in private hospitals. The only public centre for dialysis, Kenyatta National Hospital, was …
Read More »KENYA: Government to negotiate medics demand for Health Service Commission: Muraguri
March 2017 DailyNation; The government will negotiate doctors and nurses push for creation of Health Service Commission, Principal Secretary Nicholas Muraguri says. Speaking in Voi, Taita Taveta on Friday evening while inspecting the building of Kenya Medical Training College, Dr Muraguri however said the creation of the commission will undermine …
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