Kenya

Breast cancer remains the country’s most commonly diagnosed cancer, accounting for 5,822 new cases, or 16.2% of all cancers.

The new status gives MKRH its own Board of Directors, an approved organizational structure, and direct funding from the National Exchequer.

The new committee will serve as the highest oversight body for implementing the action plan by providing strategic leadership, policy direction and inter-agency coordination.

Media, events and digital solutions company unveil new identity to reflect broader regional footprint and integrated business services.

The latest accreditation marks another milestone for MTRH, which first earned KENAS accreditation in 2018 and has consistently maintained internationally accepted standards for laboratory testing and pathology services.

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.