Kenya ranked second best health care system
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Numbeo,the world’s largest cost of living database ranks Kenya's health care system second best in Africa
Numbeo,the world’s largest cost of living database ranks Kenya’s health care system second best in Africa.
According to Numbeo, Kenya has the second-best healthcare system in Africa.
Only South Africa outperformed Kenya in terms of the quality of healthcare provided to its residents, according to statistics from Numbeo, a crowdsourced worldwide collection of quality-of-life information.
Notably, among the top 7 African nations providing high-quality healthcare, Kenya was the only country in East Africa.
South Africa achieved 64.0 on the Health Care Index, surpassing Kenya’s 61.1 score.
“Health Care Index is an estimation that evaluates the overall quality of the healthcare system, including factors such as healthcare professionals, equipment, staff, doctors, and costs,” Numbeo explains.
The Health Care Index is crucial as it provides an assessment of the healthcare infrastructure, services, and resources available in a specific location.
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Apart from the Health Care Index, Numbeo further uses the Health Care Exp Index which looks at the quality of a healthcare system by emphasising the positive aspects.
In the Health Care Exp Index, Kenya scored an impressive 108.3 but was again bettered by South Africa at 115.3.
Other countries that featured in the top seven included Tunisia, Algeria, Nigeria, Egypt and Morocco.
Only South Africa and Kenya had a Health Care Index of above 60 with Tunisia and Algeria scoring 57.0 and 54.7 respectively.
Nigeria, Egypt and Morocco were all under 50 on the Health Care Index at 48.7, 47.5 and 44.7 respectively.
The ranking comes at a time when President William Ruto’s administration is seeking to improve the healthcare system through the rollout of the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF).
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