UNIVERSAL EMERGENCY CAREKEY TO UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE (UHC) IN KENYA

UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE (UHC)

What does UHC mean?

All Kenyans receive the health services they need without suffering financial hardship.

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Every Kenyan can access quality health services that address the most important causes of disease and death.

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Burden of EMERGENCY CARE in KenyaDEATH DALYS

Top 15 Causes of Death in Kenya 2012

Deaths % CategoryTop 15 Causes of DALY's in Kenya

2015DALY % Category

1HIV/AIDS 54,518 16.3 2 1HIV/AIDS 2,034.14 9.3 22Lower Respiratory Infections 45,441 13.6 1 2Diarrhoeal diseases 1,749.25 8.0 13Diarrhoeal diseases 23,374 7.0 1 3Lower respiratory infections 1,602.90 7.3 14Protein-Energy Malnutrition 15,253 4.6 2 4Birth Trauma 1,123.55 5.1 15Birth Trauma 14,853 4.4 1 5Parasitic and vector diseases 1,102.51 5.0 26Stroke 14,609 4.4 1 6Preterm Birth Complications 915.98 4.2 17Preterm Birth Complications 13,528 4.0 1 7Malaria 883.20 4.0 18Malaria 11,970 3.6 1 8Road Traffic Accidents 858.33 3.9 19Tuberculosis 9,379 2.8 2 9Other infectious diseases 675.35 3.1 1

10Coronary Heart Disease 9,163 2.7 1 10Iron-deficiency anaemia 663.34 3.0 211Road Traffic Accidents 8,841 2.6 1 11Neonatal sepsis and infections 490.84 2.2 112Meningitis 8,708 2.6 1 12Childhood-cluster diseases 438.86 2.0 213Congenital Anomalies 7,472 2.2 2 13Meningitis 412.92 1.9 114Maternal Disorders 6,425 1.9 1 14Other Injuries 376.14 1.7 115Other Injuries 5,658 1.7 1 15Tuberculosis 371.32 1.7 2

Percent of Kenyan Deaths by category (368,244 deaths in 2010)CATEGORY 1 49%CATEGORY 2 26%

CATEGORY 3 25%

Percent of Kenya DALY's by category ( 21.8 Million DALYs in 2015)CATEGORY 1 42%CATEGORY 2 21%

CATEGORY 3 37%

CATEGORY 1 (conditions that must be addressed within hours to days of onset)CATEGORY 2 (conditions commonly associated with acute decompensations)CATEGORY 3 (non-emergency conditions)

Universal Emergency Care Systems Framework

An integrated approach to early

recognition and management of medical

emergencies that can significantly reduce

the Burden of Emergency Care in Kenya.

addressed by Universal Emergency Care

Up to 54%of the annual deaths in

Kenya can be addressed by UNIVERSAL PREHOSPITAL

& EMERGENCY CARE

1023 million DALYs, 932 million years of life lostto premature mortality.

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