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Socio-economic inequality and inequity in use of health care …

(4 days ago) Background Kenya is experiencing persistently high levels of inequity in health and access to care services. In 2018, decades of sustained policy efforts to promote equitable, affordable and quality health services have culminated in the launch of a universal health coverage scheme, initially piloted in four Kenyan … See more

https://equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12939-019-1106-z

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Health disparities across the counties of Kenya and …

(3 days ago) WEBHealth outcomes have improved in Kenya since 2006. The burden of communicable diseases decreased but continues to predominate the …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(18)30472-8/fulltext

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Socio-economic inequality and inequity in use of health care …

(3 days ago) WEBBackground. Kenya is experiencing persistently high levels of inequity in health and access to care services. In 2018, decades of sustained policy efforts to …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6918604/

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Exploring inequalities in the health sector in Kenya: …

(5 days ago) WEBThere are considerable differences in distribution of health outcomes, health determinants and resources across counties in Kenya. Health inequalities have significant social and economic costs to the extent …

https://devinit.org/blog/exploring-inequalities-health-sector-kenya-whos-left-behind/

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Why do health inequities persist in Kenya? What …

(1 days ago) WEBKenya continues to under-invest in health. Despite having signed up to the Abuja declaration (2001) and committed to allocate 15% of the national GDP on health, spending for health in Kenya is consistently below 5%. …

http://www.reachoutconsortium.org/news/why-do-health-inequities-persist-in-kenya-what-difference-can-community-health-workers-make/

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Understanding Inequalities in Population and Reproductive …

(9 days ago) WEBinequality in health and education and less so for inequality in income2. Historically, Kenya has been characterized by sharp inequalities across key socioeconomic …

https://ncpd.go.ke/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Policy-Brief-39-Understanding-Inequalities-in-Population-and-Reproductive-Health-in-Kenya.pdf

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(PDF) Socio-economic inequality and inequity in use of …

(2 days ago) WEBBackground: Kenya is experiencing persistently high levels of inequity in health and access to care services. In 2018, decades of sustained policy efforts to promote equitable, affordable and

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338036361_Socio-economic_inequality_and_inequity_in_use_of_health_care_services_in_Kenya_Evidence_from_the_fourth_Kenya_household_health_expenditure_and_utilization_survey

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Health disparities across the counties of Kenya and implications …

(1 days ago) WEBHealth disparities across the counties of Kenya and implications for policy makers, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 Lancet Glob …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30482677/

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Report on Inequality Trends and Diagnostics in Kenya …

(5 days ago) WEBThe report dubbed ‘Inequality Trends and Diagnostics in Kenya 2020,’ presents and interprets results from inequality analyses and measurements based on per capita household expenditure, assets, …

https://uonbi.ac.ke/news/report-inequality-trends-and-diagnostics-kenya-2020-released

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Frontiers Socioeconomic Inequity in the Screening …

(6 days ago) WEBIt also decomposed socioeconomic inequalities in care use in Kenya.MethodsCross-sectional data from the 2015 NCDs risk factors STEPwise survey, covering 4,500 adults aged 18–69 years were …

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frhs.2022.786098/full

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Kenya: extreme inequality in numbers Oxfam International

(7 days ago) WEB8.300 The gap between the richest and poorest has reached extreme levels in Kenya. Less than 0.1% of the population (8,300 people) own more wealth than the bottom 99.9% …

https://www.oxfam.org/en/kenya-extreme-inequality-numbers

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Maternal and Newborn Health Disparities Kenya - UNICEF DATA

(1 days ago) WEBKenya 3 Kenya Maternal and Newborn Health Disparities In 2015, approximately 1,600,000 babies were born in Kenya, or around 4,300 every day.1 Among young …

https://data.unicef.org/wp-content/uploads/country_profiles/Kenya/country%20profile_KEN.pdf

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Health disparities across the counties of Kenya and implications …

(3 days ago) WEBIn 2013, Kenya devolved health services to 47 semi-autonomous counties established in response to the new constitution of 2010, increasing local autonomy for …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6293072/

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(PDF) Inequality in Kenya's Health Sector - ResearchGate

(6 days ago) WEBAbstract and Figures. In exploring Kenyan health sector inequalities, this Chapter assumes the Dahlgren/Whitehead framework of determinants of health status, which …

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/255607821_Inequality_in_Kenya's_Health_Sector

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Socio-economic inequality and inequity in use of health care …

(1 days ago) WEBBackground: Kenya is experiencing persistently high levels of inequity in health and access to care services. In 2018, decades of sustained policy efforts to …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31849334/

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Tackling inequality key to Kenya's transition to upper-middle …

(9 days ago) WEBKenya will need to strengthen its resilience to economic and climate shocks. Repeated economic shocks can trap Kenyan households in cycles of vulnerability, and …

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/africacan/tackling-inequality-key-kenyas-transition-upper-middle-income-status

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Kenya - World Health Organization (WHO)

(4 days ago) WEBKenya Country Overview World Health Organization. This policy brief aims to provide a review of the current progress on implementing the Kenya national action plan on AMR, …

https://www.who.int/countries/ken/

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CDC in Kenya Global Health CDC

(4 days ago) WEBCDC supported the Ministries of Health in Kenya to develop its pandemic influenza preparedness plan following the A(H1N1) pandemic in 2009 and supported an …

https://www.cdc.gov/global-health/countries/kenya.html

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LABOUR-MARKET INEQUALITIES IN KENYA

(9 days ago) WEBGap and Labour-Market Inequalities in Kenya.” Kenya is a lower-middle-income East African country with a population of 54 million (as at 2022),2 bordering the Indian Ocean …

https://africa.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/2024-03/brief-gender_pay_gap_and_labour_market_inequalities_in_kenya.pdf

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Solutions through storytelling: addressing the leading cause of

(1 days ago) WEBOne of the things that really bothers me is that policymakers mostly look at health care as simply building a facility. Strong health systems are composed of so …

https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/solutions-through-storytelling-addressing-the-leading-cause-of-maternal-deaths

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Socio-economic inequality and inequity in use of health care …

(1 days ago) WEBSocio-economic inequality and inequity in use of health care services in Kenya: evidence from the fourth Kenya household health expenditure and utilization survey Stefania …

https://equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s12939-019-1106-z.pdf

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ECA Talk: Multidimensional and Specific Inequalities - World Bank …

(9 days ago) WEBDespite the multitude of measures of multidimensional inequality, none is regularly used in policymaking. The recent paper by Michael Lokshin and James Foster proposes …

https://www.worldbank.org/en/events/2024/05/22/multidimensional-and-specific-inequalities

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Social determinants of health and health inequities in Nakuru …

(3 days ago) WEBDramatic inequalities dominate global health today. The rapid urban growth sustained by Kenya in the last decades has created many difficulties that also …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2687433/

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‘I’ve only the clothes on my back’: lives swept away by floods in …

(Just Now) WEBKenya’s interior ministry and humanitarian organisations say that calls for rescue have been unprecedented. 2:04 Parts of Kenya hit by torrential rain and deadly …

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/07/floods-kenya-

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Kenya's public hospital doctors sign agreement to end national …

(6 days ago) WEBIn 2017, doctors at Kenya’s public hospitals held a 100-day strike — the longest ever held in the country — to demand better wages and for the government to …

https://apnews.com/article/kenya-doctors-strike-union-f3bb7264b540e9f2d4437b0faf7dad9e

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Comment: Why stopping children from going hungry must be part …

(3 days ago) WEBResidents wade through flood waters as they recover their belongings after the Nairobi river burst its banks within the Mathare valley settlement in Nairobi, Kenya April …

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/comment-why-stopping-children-going-hungry-must-be-part-fight-against-climate-2024-05-15/

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