By
Linet Owoko
Correspondent
Nation Media Group
For a long time, seeking medical care in Kenya meant travelling to a hospital or health centre and spending hours in queues before seeing a clinician.
This shift comes at a time when Kenya's healthcare system is struggling to keep pace with growing demand. The 2025 Economic Survey shows that public hospital bed capacity fell from 40,814 in 2023...
By
Linet Owoko
Correspondent
Nation Media Group
For a long time, seeking medical care in Kenya meant travelling to a hospital or health centre and spending hours in queues before seeing a clinician.

Kenya's healthcare system faces rising demand, overstretched public facilities and increasing treatment costs. Medical insurers…

'Many health systems do not prioritise screening, early diagnosis and preventive care, and instead allocate funding to high-cost…

The move opens a direct route for international providers, including those now setting up in Kenya, to bill into the country's…

The economics behind Kenya’s pharmaceutical industry are shaping which medicines reach patients.

Despite constraints, Kenya remains the most advanced pharmaceutical manufacturer in East Africa and the third-largest exporter of…

This fall could be attributed to several factors, including declining global input costs for pharmaceutical raw materials and…