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Regulating private clinics critical to attaining universal health coverage

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Access to quality healthcare remains a pipe dream for poor Kenyans. [iStockphoto]

It is improbable that Kenya will attain the ideals of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030 as envisaged. Nothing exposes this farce more than the just concluded nationwide doctors' strike.

Access to a full range of quality health services, when and where needed, without financial hardship remains a pipe dream for millions of poor Kenyans.

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