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) [...]
75, 000 Daily Registrations for Social Health Fund as Govt Defends Safaricom Deal
More than 1.5 million people have so far migrated to the Social Health Fund ahead of the October 1st deadline, with about 75, 000 people registering every day, the Ministry [...]NHIF Card Will Not Be Valid After 30th September-Social Health Authority
The National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) will be transitioned to the Social Health Authority (SHA) 1 October despite a High Court case declaring SHIF Act 2023 unconstitutional, the Social Health [...]Nairobi Hospital Doctors Threaten to Down Tools as Boardroom Wars Intensify
Members of the Kenya Hospital Association (KHA) have issued a statement announcing that they would impair operations in Nairobi Hospital this morning until the hospital's board resigns. The general public [...]Africa CDC Declares Mpox a Public Health Emergency
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has declared the ongoing Mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS), the first such declaration by the [...]
Health Ministry Cites Budget Constraints in Tiff with Interns as Pressure Intensifies
The Ministry of Health has said that its options are limited in its ongoing conflict with 3, 000 medical interns who have been protesting outside the ministry's headquarters in Nairobi. [...]Moderna Halts Plans for Kenya Vaccine Plant After US$1 bn Loss
American Biotech company, Moderna, has suspended its construction of a vaccine-manufacturing plant in Kenya after registering a US$ 1 billion loss prompted by less demand for COVID-19 vaccines since 2022. [...]Smallholder Farmers on Insurance-Backed Loans Less Likely to Default- Study
Embedding insurance into loans boosts financial resiliency and improves healthcare access for Africa’s unbanked population while simultaneously de-risking lending portfolios, according to a new report by Turaco, a pan-African insurtech. [...]Nairobi Women's Hospital Founder Maina Thenya Acquires Majority Stake from PE Firm Evercare
Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has granted shareholding changes at the Nairobi Women's Hospital (NWH), in a process initiated two months ago. The go ahead will now see Dr. Samuel [...]Male Spends More On Health Insurance, says KNBS
The counties of Laikipia, Kiambu, Nairobi and Nyeri are leading in health insurance uptake showing caution residents take in unforeseen expenditure associated with illnesses. The absorption of any type of [...]
