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Nursing on the edge: Inside Kenya's fragile health workforce

Universal Health workers protesting outside Parliament Building, demanding better remuneration terms on May 27, 2024. [Kanyiri Wahito, Standard]

The 2025 World Nursing Report outlines an unsettling picture in many public hospitals across Kenya, where a single nurse serves between 30 and 40 patients in one shift. This falls significantly below the World Health Organisation's (WHO) recommended nurse-to-patient ratio.

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