A fund helps improve health services in rural areas of Kenya

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Mothers and children await care at Kisima Health Center in Kenya

Rural areas in Kenya, as in other countries of Africa, are always left behind in getting good quality health care for a number of reasons.

One of them is that it is difficult to attract trained doctors and nurses to work in these areas, and funds are often scarce.

However, there is good news regarding funding health care facilities in the rural areas of Kenya, thanks to a special fund known as the Health Sector Services Fund.

Dianne Penn reports
Duration: 3’09″

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