Laws that govern Kenya's healthcare system

Health guidelines are enshrined in the constitution. [iStockphoto]

Kenyan health care system is governed by the Constitution that gives every person the right to the highest attainable standards of health, under Article 43 (1).

Before the inauguration of the current constitution in 2010, the country's health system was managed by two central ministries and governed by the Public Health Act of 1921, and other statutes that govern specific functions of health.