Basic health services still a challenge for slum dwellers

Helping Hand for Relief Field Officer Rehema Juma (left) and East Celma Medical Centre Administrator Veronica Gitau book orphans for medical screening and treatment in Mukuru Kwa Njenga, Nairobi on Wednesday. [David Njaaga, Standard]

Hawa Mohammed, a mother of five, picked up health insurance just three months ago. 

The Mukuru Kwa Njenga resident is supposed to remit Sh500 to the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) to ensure cheap and easy access to at least basic healthcare for her family.