Naibu wa rais rigathi Gachagua amezindua rasmi kongamano la afya la siku nne litakalowaleta pamoja wadau wa afya huku mpango wa Afya kwa wote UHC ukitarajiwa kuzinduliwa siku ya Maadhimisho ya Mashujaa tarehe 20 mwezi huu.
Akizungumza baada ya kuzindua kongamano hilo katika kaunti ya Kericho, Rigathi amesema kuwa hali mbaya ya kiafya inasababisha familia nyingi nchini kutumbukia katika umaskini kwani Wakenya wengi hawawezi kupata bima ya afya.
Ameongeza kuwa mpango wa UHC utahakikisha utoaji bora wa huduma za afya.
Kwa upande wake waziri wa afya Susan Nakhumicha, akizungumza katika kongamano hilo amedhibitisha kwamba wizara yake imekamilisha utoaji wa vifaa vya matibabu kwa kaunti zote humu nchini baada ya kuzinduliwa kwa zoezi hili na Rais William Ruto tarehe 25 mwezi jana.
As we focus on Universal Health Coverage – the theme of this year’s Mashujaa Day, to be marked in Kericho County, we must be cautious of the Triple-Threat; New HIV Infections among adolescents, Teenage Pregnancy and Gender-Based Violence our girls face.
Ahead of my working day… pic.twitter.com/toloOU5wuw
— H.E. Rigathi Gachagua, EGH (@rigathi) October 16, 2023
The Universal Health Promoters are fully on the ground rolling out the Universal Health Coverage, which is a highly beneficial programme to millions of Kenyans.
I was happy to visit Mr Robert Sinei at his home in Kiptiriri Village in Cheborgei Location Bureti Sub County to… pic.twitter.com/FMVZkjT8Pv
— H.E. Rigathi Gachagua, EGH (@rigathi) October 16, 2023