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Reality of inadequacies hits ministry ahead of nationwide UHC rollout

Health CS Sicily Kariuki. [File, Standard]

Massive staff shortages and inadequate medical specialists are just some of the challenges the government will have to grapple with in the countrywide rollout of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC).

A recent national audit of health workers’ skills by the Human Resource Development Unit of the Health Ministry showed the country to have less than a quarter of the doctors and nurses it needs to actualise the much awaited UHC.

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