Users face hefty fees for SHA medical data access
[email protected]> wrote:
> Medical students and researchers will need to pay to access data collected
> under SHIF. These charges which will require independent medical
> researchers to pay Kes. 30,000 to access the health data are contained in
> the proposed Digital Health Information Management Regulations, 2024, part
> of what will effect the Digital Health Act No. 15 of 2023, currently under
> public participation.
>
> “Charging user fees for access to critical data brings to the fore the
> government’s aggressive revenue-raising measures even as questions linger
> how the billions raised are being collected.”
>
> For more:
> nation.africa/kenya/business/users-face-hefty-fees-for-sha-medical-data-access-4843894
>
A government that is blind to the importance of research!