Young Kenyans will be forced to foot the costs of screening for four common types of cancer despite making mandatory payments to the new Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF), posing potential setbacks in ongoing efforts to fight the disease.
A brief on the benefits under SHIF shows that Kenyan men below the age of 40 years and 55 years will pay for screening for colon cancer and prostate cancer respectively, while the scheme will only cover screening for cervical cancer and Human papillomavirus (HPV) for women between 30 years and 50 years.
