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Healthy bottom line: A win-win solution for better workplace productivity in Kenya
Services like universal screening, risk assessment, risk mitigation, and effective outcomes for prevalent conditions affecting workplace productivity, are all crucial missing pieces in the solution to the health and productivity puzzle. PHOTO | SHUTTERSTOCK
Every year, health-related issues cost Kenyan companies billions of shillings in lost productivity. Globally, the cost of absenteeism due to illness has been well documented. But it's not just the days away from work that count. The days at work while not fully functioning have an equal, if not greater, impact.
This problem goes beyond the workplace. It is, in fact, systemic. Kenya’s healthcare system lacks certain essential components to adequately support the health needs of her workforce.
