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Demonstrating the Power of Partnerships: The Potential for Universal Health Care in Kenya
Even as the global community set out the 17 Sustainable Development Goals last year, a realization that stood out is that no single unit has the wherewithal to achieve such lofty goals – they will only be achieved through partnerships.
Realizing Kenya’s Vision to Achieve Universal Health Coverage
At the UN General Assembly in New York, a meeting of the Kenya SDG Partnership Platform that I attended on 17 September 2017 provided an extraordinary opportunity for further engagement with a group of private sector partners who are working with us in delivering health care to some of Kenya’s remotest regions.
United Towards Achieving Health For All in Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 18 2018 (IPS) - According to Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, the implementation of UHC is “more a political than an economic challenge”.
NHIF reform critical to affordable health for all in Kenya
Consider this. One million Kenyans fall into poverty every year due to catastrophic out of pocket health expenditures. For the almost four in every five Kenyans who lack access to medical insurance, the fear that they are just an accident or serious illness away from destitution.
NHIF reforms plan will help deliver universal health coverage better
Health care is a unique service where compassion, altruism and economics combine in a single cause. By saving lives and fighting morbidity, we not only do something morally right but also help build more prosperous, productive communities.
Without universal health coverage we are sitting ducks when the next pandemic strikes
Like rain that exposes a leaking roof, the coronavirus crisis has revealed unanticipated problems inherent in our dependence on global supply chains and amplified longstanding structural deficiencies in health systems around the world. We can see now that under-investment in public health in one country is a threat to global health security everywhere. Responses to health emergencies cannot succeed if any part of the world is left behind.
Op-Ed: How Multilateralism Through Public-Private Partnerships Is Key To Flatten The Curve
This op-ed details the role of multileralism through public-private partnerships in flattening the COVID-19 curve. Authored by Paul Polman, Siddharth Chatterjee and Myriam Sidibe, it discusses successful models in Kenya.
Partnership Platforms for the SDGs
Good practices from in-country ‘partnership platforms’ that are evolving around the world. These platforms aim to catalyze and support new multi-stakeholder partnerships for sustainable development, often with a particular thematic or SDG-driven focus.
Unlocking SDG financing: Findings from early adopters Kenya’s quest to achieve healthcare for all
NBCC toolkit – replication to other countries
National Business Compact against COVID19 action toolkit on how to build and mobilize a Local coalition. This new Kenyan platform cofounded by the SDG Partnership Platform has mobilized key hygiene brands and communications platforms to work with the Kenyan Ministry of Health, the UN, Amref and other partners to distribute hygiene products, build handwashing facilities, and spread reliable and accurate public health information. It is also raising funds from citizens and businesses to make essential products available to the most in need.
