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Spending on health services

Health expenditure including information on recurrent and development accounts on outpatient services, hospital services, public health services and health expenditure not elsewhere classified. Data included in a table on the classification of government expenditure by functions for 2014-2017, as per the Economic Survey of 2017.
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The performance of the Kenyan health sector 2018/19-2020/21-

Key information on the performance of the Kenyan health sector for policy development and funding decisions. This working group report was published by the Ministry of Health.
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Kenyan mental health policy for 2015-2030

This policy includes the burden and prevalence of mental disorders. A policy published by the Kenyan Ministry of Health.
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Deaths by major causes in Kenya

A table representing annual deaths from 2012 to 2016 by major causes including malaria, pneumonia, cancer, HIV/Aids, tuberculosis, anaemia, meningitis, heart disease, road traffic accidents and other accidents. A report published by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics.
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Death by gender & cause, WHO data tables for Kenya

Estimated deaths by gender and cause for Kenya by the World Health Organisation. The data is in excel format for the 2016 period.
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Kenyan tuberculosis prevalence, 2016

Prevalence rates of tuberculosis in Kenya published by Centre of Health Solutions, a Kenyan-based NGO.
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Cancer control strategy in Kenya for 2017-2022

A strategy with an action plan towards reducing the preventable morbidity and mortality due to cancer in Kenya published by the Ministry of Health.
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Immunisation coverage of Kenyan children below age of 1 by county

This survey contains rates of full immunisation coverage (FIC) in children under 1 year of age, by county. Published by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics.

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Prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Kenya, 2016

HIV/AIDS prevalence data by the National Aids Control Council as per the Kenya AIDS Response Progress Report of 2016.

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