Address concerns over devolved health services

Kenya: It is regrettable that Kenya finds itself among countries worst hit by the exodus of health workers to the West and inadequate state funding.

According to a new report ‘Stop the health worker crisis’ by UK-based NGO Health Poverty Action, health spending in Kenya has never exceeded 10 per cent of total public expenditure  — it actually stands at 5.9 per cent —  which is far below the 15 per cent Abuja Target agreed by African countries.