Healthcare in Kenya

Kenya's health care system is structured in a step-wise manner so that complicated cases are referred to a higher level. Gaps in the system are filled by private and church run units.

  • Level 1 Community Health Units
  • Level 2 Dispensaries and private clinics
  • Level 3 Health centres
  • Level 4 Sub-county hospitals and nursing homes
  • Level 5 County Referral hospitals, Teaching and Referral hospitals and private hospitals
  • Level 6 National referral hospital