Kenya

The strategy aims to enhance national health security, create jobs, promote innovation, and improve access to quality and affordable healthcare commodities while reducing the country’s reliance on imports.

The partnership traces its roots to 2009, when Vestergaard rehabilitated Emusanda Health Centre in Lurambi and transformed it into a community facility providing primary healthcare, maternal services, paediatric care, and HIV treatment.

The move affects services offered under the Primary Healthcare Fund (PHCF), Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF), Emergency, Chronic and Critical Illness Fund (ECCIF), and the Public Officers Medical Scheme Fund (POMSF).

Through a partnership between the Ministry of Health and the WHO, 108 electric obstetric beds and essential maternal health commodities valued at KSh43 million (US$333,000) are being distributed to 45 health facilities across 11 priority counties.

Today, Equity Afya serves an average of 130,000 patients every month and has grown into one of Africa’s largest franchised primary healthcare networks.

Unlike conventional surgery, the minimally invasive technique is performed through a small incision and is associated with shorter recovery times and improved patient outcomes.

The ambitious project targets approximately 1.2 million residents, most of whom inhabit rural communities where traditional connectivity has remained inconsistent.

The proposed 50-bed unit at the Laikipia Air Base quarantine facility, scheduled to become operational on May 29

Phesgo, manufactured by Roche, contains a combination of Pertuzumab and Trastuzumab and is used in the treatment of specific types of breast cancer.

The hospital conducted the procedures in collaboration with Pentaprism Medical Africa through a skills transfer and clinical training programme designed to strengthen minimally invasive surgical care at the facility.