Primary healthcare is free…charge a patient & face the law– CS Duale
Even SHA CEO Dr Mercy Mwangangi was charged Ksh20 for a book…
Kenya Health Summit 2026 opens in Nairobi as government takes stock of health reforms
The two-day summit will close with the adoption of a Joint UHC…
Kenya’s free healthcare is working… but not for everyone, everywhere
The Social Health Authority (SHA) is a system in partial motion. Here…
Why Mombasa residents keep skipping local clinics, dispensaries
"I cannot imagine going to a level two hospital”, says John Mwangome.…
Grabbed, stalled, forgotten: How Nairobi is losing its crucial clinics
From Parklands to Lucky Summer to Pumwani, the story is the same:…
The reality of Primary Healthcare in rural Kenya
So far, 228 Primary Health Care networks are operational across all 47…
SHA to crack down on facilities pushing patients to buy medicine out-of-pocket
Despite accessing consultations under SHA, many Kenyan patients still leave primary healthcare…
How drug shortages, system failures are reversing primary healthcare gains
Despite Kenya registering 29.8 million people for free healthcare and disbursing nearly Ksh19 billion…
Access, ethics and scalability take centre stage in push to digitise primary healthcare
Kenya is the first country in Africa to establish a semi-autonomous government…
Kenya went digital with health, but did we lock patient data?
The Social Health Authority (SHA) holds data on 27 million patients across…
