Health Facilities in Kenya

<div><div><p style='margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><font size='3'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0);'>Kenya's
health care system is structured in a step-wise manner so that
complicated cases are referred to a higher level. Gaps in the system are
filled by private and church run units</span></font></p><p style='font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><font size='3'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0);'>Basic
primary care is provided at primary healthcare centres and
dispensaries. Dispensaries are run and managed by enrolled and
registered nurses who are supervised by the nursing officer at the
respective health centre. They provide outpatient services for simple
ailments such as the common cold and flu, uncomplicated malaria and skin
conditions. Those patients who cannot be managed by the nurse are
referred to the health centres.</span></font></p><p style='font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><font size='3'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0);'>Sub-district,
district and provincial hospitals provide secondary care, i.e.
integrated curative and rehabilitative care. Sub-district hospitals are
similar to health centres with the addition of a surgery unit for
Caesarean sections and other procedures. District hospitals usually have
the resources to provide comprehensive medical and surgical services.
Provincial hospitals are regional centres which provide specialised care
including intensive care, life support and specialist consultations.</span></font></p><p style='font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><font size='3'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0);'>Third
level care is provided at the general hospitals Moi and Kenyatta, both
located in Nairobi. Gaps, which regularly appear in the system, are
filled by private and church run facilities.</span></font></p><ul><li><font size='3'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0);'>Dispensaries <span></span>and private clinics</span></font></li><li><font size='3'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0);'>Health Centers<br /></span></font></li><li><font size='3'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0);'>Sub-district hospitals </span></font></li><li><font size='3'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0);'>District hospital and private hospitals</span></font></li><li><font size='3'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0);'>Provincial hospital</span></font></li><li><font size='3'><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0);'>National hospital</span></font></li></ul></div></div>