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Counting wins, losses, one decade into the devolution of healthcare

Kenya Medical Supplies Authority in Industrial Area, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina,Standard]

A look into Kenya's healthcare sector ten years post-devolution shows that it is still grappling with many challenges, among them understaffing and underfunding.

Experts have revealed that there is lack of commodities and supplies to treat patients, and Kenyans are still paying heavily from their pockets to access healthcare services despite talk by the government to implement Universal Health Coverage (UHC).

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