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According to the Ministry, SHA has already settled claims amounting to Sh24 billion, with an additional Sh2.1 billion paid under the primary health ca...
Health PS Mary Muthoni says that immediate symptoms of exposure include headache, dizziness, shortness of breath, nausea, and vomiting.
In total, 27 counties are severely affected, with regions in Western Kenya and along the Coast experiencing worm infection rates of 40-50 per cent.
Amoth highlighted key services such as water chlorination, waste disposal, and immunisation via the dispatch of teams to villages.
The healthcare system has long been overburdened and underfunded, but it has ground to a near halt after about 7,000 professionals walked off the job.
CoG chair Anne Waiguru noted that a court declared the industrial action illegal, hence the need for the doctors to return to work.
In the meantime, the public will continue paying for the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) and receiving healthcare services under the NHIF.
