Kenya's SHA-Funded Overseas Treatment Programme: How Diaspora Patients and Families Can Access It
From 14 April 2026, Kenya's Social Health Authority (SHA) began funding specialised medical treatment abroad for patients whose conditions cannot be managed locally. The programme is capped at Ksh 500,000 per patient per year. This guide explains the rules, the application path, and what diaspora families should do.
Understanding the SHA Health Insurance Transition: What Diaspora Kenyans Need to Know About the New System
Kenya's transition from NHIF to the Social Health Authority represents the most significant change to the national health insurance system in decades. For diaspora Kenyans, understanding how SHA works...
Kenya's Health Insurance Reform: From NHIF to Social Health Insurance Fund and the Quest for Universal Coverage
Kenya's transition from the National Hospital Insurance Fund to the Social Health Insurance Fund represents the most significant reform of the country's health financing system in over five decades. T...
Mental Health in Kenya's Workplaces: The Hidden Productivity Crisis and What Employers Can Do
Mental health in the workplace represents a hidden crisis in Kenya's economy, with depression, anxiety, stress, and substance abuse reducing workforce productivity, increasing healthcare costs, and di...
Veterinary Services in Kenya: Animal Health, Livestock Economy, and the Role of the Kenya Veterinary Board
Veterinary services form a critical foundation for Kenya's livestock economy, food safety system, and public health infrastructure. From disease surveillance programs that detect outbreaks to meat ins...
Medical Tourism in Kenya: Why Patients from Across Africa Choose Nairobi for Specialized Healthcare
Kenya has emerged as one of Africa's leading medical tourism destinations, with patients from across the continent and beyond choosing Nairobi's specialized hospitals for healthcare services ranging f...
Telemedicine in Kenya: How Digital Health Is Bridging the Gap Between Patients and Healthcare Providers
Telemedicine is rapidly transforming healthcare delivery in Kenya, using digital technology to bridge the vast distance between patients and the healthcare providers they need. In a country where doct...
Maternal Health in Kenya: Progress, Challenges, and the Fight to Reduce Maternal Mortality
Maternal health in Kenya represents both a remarkable story of progress and an urgent unfinished agenda, with thousands of women still dying each year from complications that are largely preventable w...
Mental Health in Kenya: Breaking the Stigma, Building Services, and the State of Psychiatric Care
Mental health represents one of the most critical yet chronically neglected dimensions of healthcare in Kenya, affecting millions of people but receiving a fraction of the attention and resources dedi...