How to Check Your SHIF Status in Kenya 2025
As part of Kenya’s ongoing healthcare reforms, the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) has transitioned to the State Health Insurance Fund (SHIF). This new framework supports Universal Health Coverage (UHC) [...]
Private Hospitals Call Out Gov't for not Paying KSh 29bn in NHIF dues
The Rural and Urban Private Hospitals Association (RUPHA) is demanding KSh 29 billion owed to them by the defunct NHIF, failure to which, patients seeking medical services in the hospitals [...]
Supreme Court Reinstates KSh 1.3bn Compensation for Changamwe Lead Poisoning Victims
This week, the Supreme Court upheld the verdict by the Environment and Land Court (ELC) awarding KShs 1.3 billion to residents of Owino Uhuru village in Changamwe, as damages for [...]Gov't to Monetize Health Data in New Regulations
Medical researchers are set to face hefty costs in accessing health data under the new insurance scheme if the new set of regulations under the Digital Health Act are approved. [...]Zimbabwe Pledges to Increase Healthcare Budget from Domestic Sources
Harare has committed to increase financing to healthcare through different existing and future policies including a sugar tax, a health levy, and a National Health Insurance. We will have periodical [...]
Over 80% of African Startup Founders Face Mental Health Issues Flourish Ventures Survey
86% of founders report that building their startups has taken a toll on their mental health, a survey by early-stage venture capital firm Flourish Ventures has found. “Prioritising founder wellbeing [...]African CDC Launches New Continental Digital Health Platform
The African Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has launched a new digital exchange platform named The Africa HealthTech Marketplace, in collaboration with Digital Impact Alliance. “The Africa HealthTech Marketplace is [...]Gov't to Provide Civil Servants Medical Insurance Separate from SHIF
The Treasury has introduced a draft bill that will create a new comprehensive health insurance cover for civil servants and disciplined forces separate from the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) [...]Mpox Outbreak: East African Community Deploys Experts, US Deploys Test Kits
The East African Community (EAC) has deployed its Rapidly Deployable Expert (RPE) Pool to help combat the ongoing Mpox virus outbreak in the region. These outbreaks pose substantial challenges to [...]Private Hospitals Fault SHIF Transition as System Challenges Persist
An association of rural and urban private hospitals has pointed out that the Social Health Authority (SHA) will need to improve to ensure that the new insurance model, SHIF, will [...]SHIF Is Here, Health Ministry at Pains to Explain Contributions by the Unsalaried
The controversial universal health care plan, the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF), officially begun at midnight tonight, but there are pending concerns on how deductions for unsalaried households would be [...]Govt, Safaricom-led Consortium Snub Social Health Fund Migration Briefing Few Days to Rollout
A meeting convened by the Ministry of Health and the private sector on Friday to brief media on the 1st October 2024 migration from the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) [...]
