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Learn about the history, mandate, and scandals of the NHIF, a state corporation that provides health insurance to Kenyans. Find out how to check your NHIF status and rates online or via mobile apps.
Learn about the oldest and largest hospital in Kenya, a public, tertiary, referral and teaching hospital for the Ministry of Health and the University of Nairobi. Find out its history, location, administration, staff and services.
In Kenya, the primary sources of funding for healthcare are: [20] The public. These are government allocations from the national budget comprising about 30% of the total yearly expenditure in healthcare in the country. This also the main source of funding for about 80% of the population that receives services from the public sector. Private ...
The government pays for about 55% of the population – children under 18, old-age pensioners, disabled and unemployed people. In 2016, 225,510 people, about 8% of the population, had not paid their contributions to the National Health Insurance Fund, but it was thought many were actually not in the country.
Find out the number and names of hospitals in Kenya by level (6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1) and county. Level 5 hospitals are county referral hospitals and large private/mission (faith-based) hospitals.
The NHIF Civil Servants Scheme Scandal is an alleged scandal, relating to irregularities that were revealed in the Kenya Civil Servants Scheme at the National Hospital Insurance Fund, in early 2012. The alleged irregularities included payment to ghost clinics, unprocedural selection of clinics and creation of an unapproved unit at the NHIF.
Learn about the national government of Kenya, a federal republic in East Africa, composed of 47 counties with semi-autonomous governments. See the structure, history, branches and functions of the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the government.
Learn about the history, structure and functions of the Ministry of Health in Kenya, a government agency based in Nairobi. Find out the current and past ministers, the child agencies, and the controversies surrounding the ministry.