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World Bank seeks review of Kenya healthcare financing

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The World Bank has proposed adjustments to Kenya's health financing model, among them a review of the removal of user fees in hospitals.

The lender says in a new document that while the model of financing is meant to reduce out-of-pocket expenditure for the majority of Kenyans, it is not being met by equivalent compensation from the exchequer.

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