Festering wound in health sector needs more than threats to heal

Doctors led by Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union Secretary General Davji Atela members demonstrate along the streets of Nairobi on March 22, 2024. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

An acute health crisis has just boiled over, again. Unattended to, slow-burning issues in the governance of our health now threaten the right to health for millions.

I can almost see ancestor and health-worker organiser Dr Odhiambo Olel rolling his eyes at us. Haven't we learned anything since he organised that strike in 1972? When will Kenya reach a lasting solution?