UHC aspects | Description |
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Access to needed services | • The right to health services by all Kenyans is articulated in the constitution |
• A standard Kenya essential health package is being implemented and has included interventions for non-communicable diseases and injuries as well. | |
• The availability of health facilities and services are limited, more so for the rural population. | |
• The range and quality of health services offered are limited. | |
• Cost is a key barrier to accessing health services. | |
Financial risk protection | • Existing health financing mechanisms offer very limited financial risk protection. |
• Out of pocket expenditure is major source of health sector financing in the country. | |
• Nearly 10% of Kenyans have access to any form of health insurance. Majority of the health insurance schemes require co-payments for medicine or certain outpatient and diagnostic services thus offering limited protection. | |
• Kenyan households incur impoverishing and catastrophic health expenditure. Estimates suggest that nearly 1.5 million households are pushed below the national poverty line due to health care payments. | |
Equity | • Health sector is inequitable. The distribution and utilisation of health services favour the wealthier and urban populations in the country. |