The National Hospital Insurance Funds (NHIF) spent Sh65 million to rehabilitate 685 patients suffering from drug and substance abuse in the financial year 2017/18. In the previous financial year 2016/17, the insurer paid Sh115 million for 1,634 drug addicts. The NHIF drug rehabilitation package caters for treatment of...

Medical experts in the country are worried as many women are reportedly lining up for cesarean delivery - also known as C-section - for child birth as opposed to the normal delivery. The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) has recorded more than 200% increase in surgical...

About 80 health facilities countrywide are under investigations for their involvement in possible National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) claims fraud. Already, in the last two years, seven facilities have been suspended from offering services by the national health insurer in connection to possible fraud. The...

A new report on innovative health financing to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) in Kenya was launched at the Sankalp Africa Summit by the SDG Partnership Platform, in partnership with Intellecap. It highlights the need for government to continue to significantly increase its budgets for...

The journey to transform and reposition the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) towards providing Universal Health Coverage (UHC) has begun.  An independent panel of experts was inaugurated on 26th February, the first major step in making NHIF more efficient, transparent and accountable. This transformation will...

The National Health and Insurance Funds (NHIF) has added Zytiga (Abiraterone), a prostrate cancer drug that costs approximately Sh100,000 to the scheme. This comes after a partnership with Janssen Pharmaceuticals, of Johnson & Johnson  Company, a specialist oncology pharmaceutical solutions provider. The innovative drug used for...