MPs called for the audit after Interior Ministry Principal Secretary Omollo had difficulty responding to certain questions on the Huduma Namba project.
In a randomized trial, Steve M Taylor and colleagues study the effects of 3 malaria chemoprevention regimens on clinical malaria incidence, P. falciparum infection, and dactylitis among children with sickle cell anemia in Kenya.
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8% of all Kenyan households experienced catastrophic health expenditures, with out-of-pocket payments pushing more than 1 million Kenyans into poverty annually. (Photo: Sarah Farhat/World Bank)
In 2017, Grace, a 45-year-old single mother of five children in Kenya, discovered a painless mass in her right breast. So she trekked 80 kilometers from her home to the nearest hospital, where doctors called for surgical removal of the mass – without explaining it could be cancerous. Not realizing the full extent of her risk and lacking accurate information, Grace declined to have the procedure.
A few months later, Grace experienced growing pain that became incapacitating. When finally diagnosed with stage II breast cancer, the cost of treatment was financially beyond the reach of the family. Fortunately, through support from a local NGO and late registration with the national insurance fund, Grace was able to access treatment.