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Kenya gets Sh2.9 billion grant to improve health access

Improved Health Facilities

Kenyans in poor and marginalised areas are set to benefit from subsidized health services after Japan confirmed a Sh2.9 billion grant for the sector.

The allocation courtesy of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) programme is set to increase access to health services for the poor by boosting free maternal health care from the current 62 to 70 per cent by December 2016.

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