The right to health is the entitlement to access health services. This right is integral to all other human rights. To realize this right, Kenya has put in place laws, policies, practices, procedures, and schemes to recognise this right, and the National Hospital Insurance Fund came to be. The fundamental question is, has the scheme…
By Benta Moige, Zaina Kombo, and Lavendar Namdiero National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) has come a long way since its inception in 1966. Over the years, it has grown to become the main provider of health insurance in Kenya. In 2023, NHIF is at the centre of an important policy debate as the Kenya Kwanza…
Social media platforms exploded with this week’s news that Kenyan men have, on average 3 times more sexual partners than women. As netizens benchmark their personal experiences against the latest Kenya Demographic and Health Survey 2022, it is worth keeping in mind Oscar Wilde’s famous observation everything about sex is not about sex; it is…
Recent global concerns with a new Covid-19 variant, new county health reforms thinking and the calling off a national health workers strike suggest that rethinking the right to health is timely. Three years after the world’s attention on China and Covid-19, the year closed with another dangerous spike in China. The new #Covid-19 variant (#XBB15)…
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]By Dr. Stellah Bosire and Dr. Ifeanyi M. Nsofor On December 22, 2022, Sakaja Arthur Johnson, the Governor of Nairobi…
The Patients Rights Charter explains patients’ rights and how patients can register complaints or compliments about any health professional or facility. Read More