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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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Nutrition and health survey data for Nigeria's 36 states

A survey report presenting the results of a national nutrition survey conducted in all the 36 states of Nigeria and the federal capital territory from February to May 2014. It assesses the nutritional and health status of children under 5 years old and of women in the reproductive age group (15 to 49 years).

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