Nairobi, March 5 -- The Treasury has kicked off preparations for the transition of the country's healthcare to a sustainable, domestically financed system, amid shocks of the waning donor funding.

The Treasury said that it targets a new framework to guide the country's shift from donor-dependent financing to a sustainable, domestically financed health system.

"Kenya is undergoing a health financing transition characterised by declining external financing, increasing domestic resource mobilisation needs and growing demand for sustainable and equitable health financing mechanisms," it said amid ongoing recruitment of an expert to draw up the transition plan.

"The framework will support strategic planning, fiscal sustainability, and align...