Healthcare in Kenya
The health sector in Kenya is mainly concerned with tropical diseases , especially malaria , HIV / AIDS , hepatitis and the effects of malnutrition and undernourishment of the Kenyan people. In 2003, 16.5% of children under five were malnourished, and 11% of children were born underweight. Medical care is poor, especially in rural areas. In 2006 Kenya had 14 hospital beds and one doctor for every 10,000 inhabitants. According to UNAIDS , 7.1 to 8.3% of the adult population (15–49 years of age) are HIV positive.
Health care data
Infant mortality
| Child mortality in Kenya | ||
|---|---|---|
| Survey year | per 1,000 live births | before the age of 5 |
| 1962 | 120 | 211 |
| 1970 | - | 96 |
| 1993 | 60 | 100 |
| 2003 | 78 | 114 |
| 2004 | - | 120 |
| 2006 | 79 | - |
| 2008 | 52 | 74 |
After a significant increase in child mortality between 1993 and 2003, the values fell again in a study carried out in 2008. The reasons given are the increased use of mosquito nets and the higher vaccination coverage . The mean life expectancy in 1948 was 38 years, in 1989 it was 59 years. In 2006 this value dropped to 53 years. The maternal mortality rate was 0.56% (560 deaths per 100,000 live births) in 2005.
Causes of death
In 1992, the most common cause of death in Kenya at 26% was malaria , followed by respiratory infections at 22%. Skin diseases, parasitic diseases and gastrointestinal infections cause a total of 16% of all deaths. The common malnutrition is a major cause of the poor health of many Kenyans.
Development of life expectancy
| year | Life expectancy in years |
year | Life expectancy in years |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 46.4 | 1990 | 57.5 |
| 1965 | 49.4 | 1995 | 53.9 |
| 1970 | 52.2 | 2000 | 51.7 |
| 1975 | 55.0 | 2005 | 55.8 |
| 1980 | 57.8 | 2010 | 62.9 |
| 1985 | 59.1 | 2015 | 66.6 |
Outline of the health system
Kenya has state and private institutions. In addition, many church institutions maintain hospitals, outpatient departments and polyclinics . In 1963 there were 148 hospitals in Kenya; in 1993 the number had grown to 308. The number of outpatient facilities also increased sharply. In 1993, 65% of the population had a medical facility within 15 km. In 1984, 43% of all health care facilities were privately owned. Fred M. Siyoi is Chief Pharmacist at the Kenyan Health Authority. At the international level, there has been full membership of the WHO Program for International Drug Monitoring , a network for pharmacovigilance , since May 4, 2010 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kenya HSA Report Final ( Memento from August 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b c Core Health Indicators on who.com, accessed April 22, 2010.
- ↑ UNAIDS - Kenya ( Memento of July 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English), 2008, accessed on August 11, 2010.
- ↑ a b World Bank on Health Care in Kenya (pdf; 88 kB), accessed on April 22, 2010.
- ↑ a b c d e [1] (PDF; 1.8 MB) Kenya: Non-Governmental Health Care Provision , Harvard School of Public Health (pdf, 1.76 MB), accessed on May 18, 2010.
- ↑ a b Library of Congress: Country Profile Kenya, June 2007 (pdf; 148 kB), accessed on April 22, 2010.
- ↑ Kenya Becomes 98th Full Member of the WHO Program for International Drug Monitoring Message from the PHARMACY AND POISONS BOARD, the Kenyan Ministry of Health; Retrieved January 24, 2011.