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Healthcare coverage still woefully inadequate for most Kenyans

Even as the effects of the nurses strikes continues to be felt across the country, it is tragic that most of those who are ill in Kenya can barely afford to pay for their treatment.

Millions of patients are falling into poverty due to high out-of-pocket payments for healthcare, going by the latest World Health Organisation estimates.

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