[Source: Business Daily, by Edwin Mutai]
The government has doubled the number of National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) accredited health centres in the last three years in a bid to scale up access to primary healthcare.
The facilities rose from 4,281 in 2017 to 8,189 in June this year.
Health ministry Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Mercy Mwangangi said of the 3,908 new healthcare providers, 3,094 were government dispensaries and health centres.
“Consequently, the total number of…
