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UHC & health insurance in Kenya
Kenya replaced NHIF with the Social Health Authority (SHA) in October 2024, with three funds (Primary Healthcare, Social Health Insurance, Emergency & Chronic Illness) to accelerate UHC.
National scheme
Social Health Authority (SHA), Ministry of Health, Digital Health Agency, e-Citizen ecosystem.
Priority challenges
- •Deliver the NHIF → SHA transition without disrupting rights
- •Enrol the informal sector via mobile money (M-Pesa)
- •Interoperate with KHIS / DHIS2 hospital systems
- •Combat benefit fraud
What Afri CNAM brings to Kenya
- Biometric enrolment linked to the national digital ID
- Contribution payments via M-Pesa and Airtel Money
- FHIR APIs to KHIS and county hospital systems
- Real-time county-level SHA dashboard