In typical government style Kenyans have been forced into a Social Health Insurance Fund where a tax of 2.75% of their perceived income has been added as an additional tax burden. We proposed a cap of KES 5,000 that was initially considered then rejected by a SHA that still does not have a KMA board […]
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My friend needed urgent medical attention in a rural area. He was rushed to a nearby private medical facility, and all that was ringing in my head was.’ will he get a qualified medical person to give the initial high-quality of healthcare needed to allow transfer to a higher’? The question of the quality of
WHY DOCTORS IN AFRICA MUST BEHAVE LIKE POLITICIANS TO PROTECT THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE Read More »
Meru politics have been interesting in the last two years. We have witnessed three impeachments of the Meru Governor Mwangaza Kawira. She has had three reprieves, twice by Senate and the last one now before a court of law. The Kenya Medical Association (KMA) on 12th and 13th September 2024 hosted the 2nd training of
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY OF CONTINENTAL SECURITYThe time has come again when we will be having very many discussions, debates and controversies on how to approach the management of MPOX, a disease that has been declared a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security. In Kenya this will definitely reignite the COVID-19 controversies of primary prevention via
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KAKAMEGA COUNTY – HOSTILE EMPLOYER TO DOCTORS One of the issues that a lack of a Health Service Commission has shown about human resources for health management is the unequal treatment of equal professionals across different counties. Using the treatment of doctors as an example let me highlight some of the challenges that are being
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POSTING OF MEDICAL INTERNSFollowing many days of protests at the Ministry of health in a campaign dubbed #OccupyMOH, medical interms were finally deployed to their various stations of work. They received what is called at termless contract, termless because the exact amounts of pay was not put in the contract, pending determination in September 2024
Healthcare provision in the counties over the last 10 years has come under sharp focus. Since devolution of Kenya’s health, there have been many industrial actions in the various counties against poor health care management. Majority of the strikes have been as a result of mistreatment of the human resources for health. To balance out
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The Social Health Insurance bills became Acts of Parliament by a stroke of the President’s hand on October 19th, 2023. The purpose of the Acts is to improve healthcare financing directed towards the improvement of healthcare service delivery. The beauty of the Acts is that it has a mixed model of financing.There is the insurance
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Key Points DEVOLUTION NARRATIVESAs the national and county governments sit in Kirinyaga from today onwards they will generate a narrative of stories for the press to run with for the next one year on how devolution is working. The only problem with such an approach is that they forget to look at what is not
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