Health digital systems face glitches as funding ends

Pamela Onyango keying the data on mobile phone after attending to patient in Nduru.

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Kenya’s national health information systems face potential disruption following the withdrawal of external funding that supports critical digital infrastructure.

An analysis by the University of Nairobi’s Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (CEMA) shows that the Sh513 million allocated by the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR) for the 2024-25 financial year to maintain these platforms is ending, with no domestic budget in place to replace it.

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