The highly skilled health care workers’ distribution in Kenya is skewed towards urban areas leaving the rural areas poorly staffed. So far, about 20 health facilities have received approvals from KMPDC to offer telemedicine services in the country. The rules will offer a base for the full roll out of telemedicine services in Kenya. He further observed: “Complete collection of quality health data is the backbone of planning and evidence-based decision making. The inequity in health care infrastructure and access between urban and rural Kenya is striking.

Source: Daily Nation May 23, 2022 13:27 UTC