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The Social Health Authority (SHA) is a State Corporation of the Government of Kenya that is responsible for the provision and management of public health insurance within the Republic of Kenya. [1] The core business and mandate of the SHA is to provide accessible, affordable, sustainable and quality health insurance for all Kenyan citizens, and ...
Kenya's health care system is structured in a step-wise manner so that complicated cases are referred to a higher level. Gaps in the system are filled by private and church run units. Level 1 Community Health Units; Level 2 Dispensaries and private clinics; Level 3 Health centres; Level 4 Sub-county hospitals and nursing homes
The idea of CHCs originated in Kenya, where Juliet Waterkeyn developed illustrations for training materials to be used for the Kenya Water for Health Organisation (KWAHO). She observed the living conditions and habits of rural Kenyan communities. She claimed that a lack of ownership was the cause for slow community development.
Community health volunteers are members of a local community who have experience and training on the health problems prevalent in their community and care services available, in order to identify and link those in need with local providers. Community health volunteers may be referred to by different titles depending on their local health system ...
Ministry of Public Health Beth Mugo (2008-2012) Ministry of Medical Services Peter Anyang Nyong'o (2008-2012) Ministry of Health. James Wainaina Macharia (2013-2015) [7] Cleopa Kilonzo Mailu (2015-2017) Sicily Kariuki (2018-2020) Mutahi Kagwe (2020- 2022) Susan Nakhumicha Wafula (2022 - 11 July 2024)
Kenya is a lower middle income economy, with Kenya's GDP hitting $121 billion as of 2024. This is due to increasing technology innovation services. Although Kenya's economy is the largest and most developed in eastern and Central Africa, 25% (2023/2024) of its population lives below the international poverty line. [1]
Educating women on the need for a healthy lifestyle, e.g. participating in sports, and encouraging them to adopt preventive health strategies. The initiative is a component of the Office of the First Lady's 2013-2017 Strategic Framework, [ 4 ] which supports United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) #4 and #5.
The Vision's adoption comes after the country's GDP growth went from 0.6% in 2002 to 6.1% in 2006, [5] under Kibaki's Economic Recovery Strategy for Wealth and Employment Creation (ERS). The Kenya Vision 2030 is to be implemented in successive five-year plans, with the first such plan covering the period 2008–2012.