National Deputy Secretary General of the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) Dennis Miskellah and Odhiambo Otieno, Political and communications consultant. [Screengrab]
Health stakeholders have faulted county governments over what they describe as the continued deterioration of healthcare services, saying devolution has failed to deliver quality, accessible and affordable healthcare to millions of Kenyans.
According to them, the country's health sector is grappling with deep-rooted leadership and governance challenges, leaving ordinary Kenyans to bear the burden of a failing system.
Among the key challenges they cited are the struggles surrounding the implementation of the Social Health Authority (SHA), shortages of medicines, counterfeit and substandard drugs and poor infrastructure.
Others include inadequate numbers of healthcare workers, supply chain failures, corruption, financial mismanagement, and inequalities in service delivery across counties.
