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NHIF holders to access mental healthcare in enhanced benefits

NHIF Building, Nairobi. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

The Ministry of Health has included mental healthcare in the newly enhanced medical scheme offered by the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF).

This follows the high number of cases as at least one in every four Kenyans suffer mental health illnesses, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

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