Many Kenyans have no health insurance or access to mechanisms to pay for
their basic healthcare.
This is a situation which is more common in low income homes where mothers
and children are more particularly vulnerable.
It is this reason that Safaricom in partnership with other corporates have
rolled out M-Tiba technology to help arrest serious healthcare issues.
The M-Tiba technology allows primary care and medicines to be accessed more
quickly by many Kenyans.
It is through this kind of partnership that affordable healthcare is
brought to Kenyans especially to people who can't afford to have the company
insurance.
The National roll out of M-Tiba technology is now underway with 45,000
people already registered and 60 healthcare providers in Nairobi is now
operational.
The first outlets in Kisumu, Siaya and Mombasa have been signed up.
The first outlets in Kisumu, Siaya and Mombasa have been signed up.
The M-Tiba Mobile health wallet developers in collaboration with Safaricom
allows users to send, save and receive funds to access healthcare services
using their mobile phones.
STORY BY: T. A. F.
The Kenyan Medical Freelance Journalist
medjournalnairobi@gmail.com.
STORY BY: T. A. F.
The Kenyan Medical Freelance Journalist
medjournalnairobi@gmail.com.
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