Challenges of devolved health care in Kenya: an analysis of the policy and legislative framework

Naomi GICHUKI

doi:10.5771/2363-6262-2020-4-501

Contents
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- 497–498 Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis 497–498
- 499–500 Foreword Stefanie Rothenberger, Hartmut Hamann Stefanie Rothenberger, Hartmut Hamann 499–500
- 501–524 Challenges of devolved health care in Kenya: an analysis of the policy and legislative framework Naomi GICHUKI Naomi GICHUKI 501–524
- 525–543 Généralités sur le cadre juridique du système de santé congolais : une analyse organisationnelle et fonctionnelle Gloria LUBAKI SITA Gloria LUBAKI SITA 525–543
- 544–568 Legal framework to ensure sufficient medical equipment, to train medical staff and to observe sanitary standards Theresa U. AKPOGHOME Theresa U. AKPOGHOME 544–568
- 569–580 The Healthcare Delivery System in Nigeria: Legal Framework, Obstacles and Challenges to Providing a Public Insurance System Darlynton Okiemute OFEKEZE Darlynton Okiemute OFEKEZE 569–580
- 581–593 Local agricultural production in Kenya: legal framework, obstacles and challenges George KASHINDI George KASHINDI 581–593
- 594–600 Local industrial production in EAC & Uganda (reflecting on the AfCFTA and the emergence of COVID-19): legal framework Gloria KEMBABAZI Gloria KEMBABAZI 594–600
- 601–620 The regulation of harmful tax competition in the EAC: current status, challenges, and ways forward Pie HABIMANA Pie HABIMANA 601–620
- 621–630 Legal incentives to diversify agricultural production in Uganda (suggesting lessons for the EAC) John OSAPIRI John OSAPIRI 621–630
- 631–641 Public water and waste management in Nigeria: legal framework, obstacles and challenges. Lohya Ibrahim LAKAI Lohya Ibrahim LAKAI 631–641
- 642–652 Public water and waste management in Uganda: the legal framework, obstacles and challenges Asiimwe JACKLINE Asiimwe JACKLINE 642–652
- 653–666 Healthcare system in the rural region (local government) of Nigeria: legal framework, obstacles and challenges to provide medical care Rita Dashe SELKUR Rita Dashe SELKUR 653–666
- 667–667 Impressum 667–667
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Challenges of devolved health care in Kenya: an analysis of the policy and legislative framework

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Naomi GICHUKI

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/2363-6262-2020-4-501
- ISSN online: 2363-6262
Abstract

This paper comes in the wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic. A pandemic that not only ground the world to a halt, but one that also forced governments and stakeholders alike to critically evaluate the health sector. Inherent challenges plaguing the sector have been emphasized, and latent challenges brought to the surface. In Kenya, health is the largest devolved function of government, thanks to the Constitution of 2010, which devolved administrative and other governance functions to the 47 counties. Through what should have been a transitional period until now, devolution continues to present diverse administrative and governance challenges across the board, and the health sector, like many others, has not been spared. This paper examines the concept of health in light of public health and as a fundamental human right. This is followed by an examination of the policy and legislative framework that informs, guides, governs and regulates the health sector in Kenya as well as an exposition of the core challenges affecting the health sector. Recommendations and further areas of research form the conclusion of this paper.
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