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The recent controversy over the budget for medical interns at the Ministry of Health of Kenya should not arise. In the journey to Universal Health Coverage, one of the solutions to the shortage of human resources for health and to healthcare financing is to stop internship for nurses and instead employ nurses direct from school. […]

With all that is happening in Kenya, our medical interns need to be at their place of work. I propose a martial plan to allow medical interns to begin their medical internship on July 1 2024. BackgroundThe court case that the medical interns had filed opposing the SRC circular that proposed to pay them a

Health reforms – shock-and-awe strategy The new administration has promised Universal Health Coverage (UHC) to Kenyans. To achieve this, it has adopted a shock-and-awe strategy for managing health reforms. It is premised changing the health laws first, then aligning everyone to fit into these laws. As expected, sudden change comes with some opposition in the

PART 1 Licensing doctors Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC)Recently the CEO of KMPDC announced that the KMPDC was in full support of the Health Service Commission as advocated for in the BBI. He raised a storm though by saying that from January 2020 the council would no longer issue licenses for private practice

Imagine Dr SMK performs a cesarean section, and as the gynaecologist, for patient named X, and he raises an invoice of KES 1,000 to be paid by insurance ABC. Ideally the doctors’ invoice should be paid as is and in full by insurance ABC. Upon payment, procedurally Insurance ABC will retain 5% of the invoiced

Early this week on 22nd November 2023, the Social Health Insurance (SHI) Act 2023 came into operation following its gazettement by the CS of Health CS Susan Nakhumicha The Social Health Authority (SHA) is the body that the SHI Act has vested powers to operationalize and run Social Health Insurance that manages the three funds.

She walked into the pharmacy and reported that she had pain around her private parts, that also felt a little swollen & itchy. She was quickly sold some antibiotics to swallow and antifungals to apply. Ten days later she was seen at the gynaecologist’s office. She was properly examined for the first time & diagnosed

Thank you, George and Eunice, for your hospitality. I am a changed man. My view of life is enriched interacting with you two. After a fantastic two and a half day stay, On Friday 17th November 2023 at 1 PM I departed from Tafaria Castle & Country Lodge with awe from the lessons learnt. This

Health is a shared function between County and National Government. During the clamor for a new constitutional dispensation the input of the Kenya Medical Association (KMA) was clear – national government would manage the curativehealth i.e., all the health facilities that served as one large continuum of healthcare services from level 2 facilities to level

HEALTH IS WEALTH Every aspect of Kenya revolves around good healthcare. For the economy to thrive good health is paramount. For the happiness index to rise there must be good health. For mental health to thrive good health is needed. We thus must do everything to maintain good health by preventing disease. Should disease occur