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TB, asthma and flu take heavy toll on household budgets
The Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital in Nairobi. Respiratory diseases account for more than 80 per cent of all the conditions treated by the hospital. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE
Kenyan households are using the largest portion of their health spending in the treatment of respiratory diseases, pointing to a new front in the ongoing search for solutions to the country’s rising healthcare challenges.
The latest industry statistics show that treatment of respiratory diseases has, in turn, become the greatest driver of out-of-pocket expenses for households and health insurance spending expected to persist in the next decade.
