Kenya: Out-of-Pocket Health Costs Too Much for Many

[Nation] The Covid-19 pandemic has not only exposed the gaps in health systems and infrastructure but also the high levels of vulnerabilities of individuals and households. The 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census puts the number of the poor in the country at 19.5 million. The pandemic has increased that. The World Bank reports that, by last November, income loss had pushed two million Kenyans into poverty.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - Category: African Health Source Type: news