Posh IT a frontline key player in digitization of healthcare services attended the first day of the Ministry of Health conference; #HealthFinancingDialogueKE . A 3-day event to discuss how to make healthcare services more accessible.
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Recap of the key issues from the panel discussion this morning at #HealthFinancingDialogueKE
✅ Emphasis on efficiency and quality of services.
✅ Praise for the government's commitment to funding health for all Kenyans.
✅ Projects to expand local production of health products,
Dr. Daniel Mwai, Advisor to the Presidential Economic Transformation Team on Health, emphasizes the significance of preventive health, screening for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and addressing social determinants of health.
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Capturing the spirit of collaboration and shared commitment! Here's a group photo of the esteemed delegates at the #HealthFinancialDialogueKE . Together, we are working towards strengthening health financing and achieving Universal Health Coverage. #HealthFinancingDialogueKE
Kenya's dedication to the ALM Declaration on Investing in Health underscores the importance of mobilizing domestic resources for the improvement of healthcare.
The ongoing #HealthFinancingDialogueKE breakout sessions are addressing key issues that are critical to achieving this
The joy of seeing the #HealthFinancingDialogueKE unfolding after lots of behind the scenes planning I was part of. Universal Health Coverage #UHCinKenya . Africa Leadership Meeting (ALM) for investing in Health.
13.Health must stop being an MoH issue, to become an issue of every sector. We need to see how the Ministry of Agriculture or Transport, for instance, are budgeting for #health & track spending of budgets
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11.Data is critical for driving Kenya’s quest for optimal health financing. Yet generation & use of data in health financing remains a challenge. E.g. even as ask for more money, we don’t know how much more money we need
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15.The best gift you can give to anyone is good health! A #Kenyan proverb, thanks to Dr Eda Mohammed, CEC-M for Health, #Mandera County
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14.The dialogue on #HealthFinancing in Kenya needs to now cascade to the community levels. We must hear from Kenyans on the ground on how they want the country to address the #HealthFinancing problem.
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6.On expanding health insurance 2protect more Kenyans from catastrophic expenditure, #NHIF & national gov't continue 2 drive reforms to get more Kenyans on board incl. subsidy 4 very vulnerable, integrating NHIF registration in ID process
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7.On how private sector players are contributing to reducing inequities in access to #healthcare , Jubilee Insurance is coming up with tailored packages for the majority who are currently not covered incl. informal sector workers
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12.If Kenya is going to realise #UHC , then we must see more money going to the primary health care (PHC) levels, incl. the community healthcare, level 2 & level 3 of #healthcare system. These levels remain gravely underfunded in #Kenya .
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10.County & national governments are exploring increasing tax funding for health from products & activities that propagate poor health such as tobacco, alcohol, etc.
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9.Leadership of health financing is critical, & MoH is continuing to improve this. For instance, there are ongoing efforts to unbundle health functions for so that health budgets can follow health functions; counties need 2get more money.
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8.There are a lot of inefficiencies in private sector insurance. E.g. commodities & services that private insurance pays for are ridiculously overpriced. There is urgent need for govt & private sector collaboration 2remove inefficiencies
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