The Kenya Essential Medicines List 2023 builds on past efforts of reviewing the Kenya Essential Medicines List and ensures that medicines required at all the healthcare levels are included to guide efforts to improve access, in line with achieving Universal Health Coverage.
The Health Act
This Act establishes a unified health system, coordinates the inter-relationship between the national government and county government health systems, provides for regulation of health care service and health care service providers, health products and health technologies and for connected purposes.
This Act makes provisions for the establishment of the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority and for connected purposes.
This Act provides for the training, registration and licensing of medical laboratory technicians and technologists, provides for the establishment, powers and functions of the Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board, and for connected purposes.