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.
Specifications for essential diagnostic supplies.
Specifications for essential medicines supplies.
This pocket book consists of guidelines on the classification of illness severity, criteria for admission, and inpatient management of the major causes of childhood mortality such as pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria, severe malnutrition, meningitis, HIV and neonatal conditions. The guidelines target the management of the seriously ill newborn or child in the first 24 - 48 hours of arrival at the hospital.
This Act makes provisions for the establishment of the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority and for connected purposes.
The Kenya National Guidelines for the Implementation of the Basic Care Package offer a structured approach to delivering essential health services to vulnerable populations, focusing on comprehensive care, prevention, and treatment to improve overall health outcomes.
The Kenya National Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines for Health Services (2010) provide essential protocols and best practices to prevent and control infections in healthcare settings, ensuring the safety of patients, staff, and the community.
The purpose of this Act is to make better provision for the control of the profession of pharmacy and the trade in drugs and poisons.