Crucial factors to making the universal health care dream work after missteps

Countries that employ multisectoral approaches are better able to identify and address health issues. [iStockphoto]

Over ten years ago, Kenya adopted the principles of Universal Health Care (UHC), declaring that its citizens have a right to access affordable quality health services.

Over 44 years earlier, Kenya had also committed to the Abuja declaration, which requires countries to put in at least 15 per cent of the national budgetary allocation to health.