Tag: SHA

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…

SHA foreign treatment cover: What you need to know 

Thirty-six conditions. Nine hospitals. Three countries. The government's new foreign treatment list…

Sick, poor & invisible: How Kenya’s health system keeps forgetting its most vulnerable  

The tool designed to identify Kenya's poorest citizens requires them to show up, take…

From wheelchair to walking: How new nuclear cancer drug is giving Kenyan patients a second chance 

Patients using nuclear medicine for cancer treatment have to stay hydrated, flush the toilet…

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…

Means Testing & Hustler Economy: Are we solving Kenya’s health financing problem or repackaging it? 

SHA claims Proxy Means Testing shields low-income Kenyans. A closer look at…

Inside the errors, scams and lapses in mass closure of health facilities  

Closure of over 900 healthcare facilities by KMPDC uncovers conflict of interest,…

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…

New SHA cover brings relief for sickle cell patients, but equipment gap remains  

Previous annual cover for Sickle Cell was Ksh8,000 and ran out in two…

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