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Right to health is far from being enjoyed in Kenya, says ICJ Kenya Chapter

Ministry of Health headquarters, Afya House, Nairobi. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

The International Commission of Jurists ICJ Kenya Chapter has found that the right to health is far from being enjoyed by most of the population in the country due to sociocultural, economic, policy, legal, systemic and structural challenges.

This has come out in a review report of the legal and policy frameworks on the right to health in Kenya that showed that the right to health as per the constitution is not being promoted or protected.

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