We have billions for MCA car grants, no money for medics
HEALTH & SCIENCE
The demands made by healthcare workers and the solutions outlined, point at a human resources management problem.
The World Health Assembly designated 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife to honour their work and advance their vital role in transforming health care around the world.
In Kenya, however, nurses spent the better part of 2020 on strike, protesting poor working conditions, including failure by the government to provide them with adequate personal protective kits and medical insurance, particularly in the context of Covid-19 besides unfair pay, delayed salaries and unpaid dues.