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Let's strive to build a robust health system

A strong equitable resilient health system that is trusted by the people and serves their health needs where they live and work is necessary for pandemic control.

As part of the ambitious Big Four agenda, President Uhuru Kenyatta rolled out the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) pilot in December 2018. The pilot was meant to provide publicly-funded healthcare to about 3.5 million people in Machakos, Kisumu, Nyeri and Isiolo counties and was to be followed by a nationwide roll-out in 12 months.

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