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The Social Health Insurance Act was enacted on 22 November 2023 with a view to streamlining public health insurance in Kenya. As part of this intention, public health insurance was subdivided into three separate insurance schemes: the Primary Healthcare Fund, the Social Health Insurance Fund and the Emergency, Chronic and Critical Illness Fund ...
The Nursing Council of Kenya is a body corporate established under the Nurses Act Cap 257 of the Laws of Kenya to regulate standards of nursing education and practice in Kenya. It protects the public by promoting standards of clinical care through training, licensure and enforcement of codes of regulation.
Malaria remains a major public health problem in Kenya and accounts for an estimated 16 percent of outpatient consultations. Malaria transmission and infection risk in Kenya are determined largely by altitude, rainfall patterns, and temperature, which leads to considerable variation in malaria prevalence by season and across geographic regions.
Ministry of Health. Mwai Kibaki (1988–1991) Charity Kaluki Ngilu (2003–2007) Ministries of Public Health and Medical Services (created in 2008) 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)
Alphonce Shiundu, Kenya editor at fact-checking organisation AfricaCheck, says the government was now facing a "trust deficiency" in the way it communicated the livestock campaign.
KEMSA was established as a state corporation under Cap 446,through the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency Order 2000 (Legal Notice No.17 of 11 February 2000). [3] [4] It plays the role of procuring, storing and distributing health commodities for the public sector. [5] The strengthening of KEMSA has been identified as a key project of Kenya's Vision ...
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The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) is a state corporation established through the Science and Technology (Amendment) Act of 1979, (since amended to the Sciences, Technology and Innovation Act 2013), during the tenure of Nicholas Biwott as Minister of State, [1] as the national body responsible for carrying out health research in Kenya.