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Articles and updates from the HealthNaro team on finding and checking healthcare providers, what to expect from common treatments, and how the directory works. Posts are general information, not medical advice.
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General Medicine
How many doctors and dentists does Kenya have per person? The figures compared with WHO benchmarks
Kenya has about 2.6 medical doctors and about 0.27 dentists for every 10,000 people. We compare these with WHO's thresholds and the WHO African Region, and explain what the gap means when you are looking for care.
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Dentistry
Oral health in numbers: what WHO reports for the world, Africa and Kenya
The WHO Global Oral Health Status Report puts oral disease at about 3.5 billion people. Here are the verified figures for the world, the WHO African Region and Kenya, with sources and dates.
Editorial
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