Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/53064 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Discussion Paper No. 2002/65
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
Kenya’s external debt has continued to swell over the years, and despite the country meeting its debt commitment through regular servicing, this has been done at the expense of key social services such as health, education, water and sanitation. Although good health is a pre-requisite to socioeconomic development, public budget allocation to the health sector has been dwindling over the years in per capita terms. Furthermore, development of health infrastructure has not kept pace with the population growth rate. In particular, many health facilities lack the necessary equipment and medical supplies. Medical personnel, trained by the government at public expense, are leaving the public service in large numbers for better opportunities in the private sector and in other countries. The HIV/AIDS pandemic and other emerging diseases are taking toll on the country’s population, as resources available to the health sector are not adequate for effective treatment and prevention of these diseases or for the mitigation of their consequences.
Subjects: 
debt relief
health care provision
JEL: 
I10
I11
I13
ISBN: 
9291902551
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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