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#PartFour: Health Financing and System Preparedness
There is emphasis on increasing health sector funding beyond current levels, with 15% considered insufficient and a call for expansion of the allocation.
The Abuja Declaration, signed by member states, recommends that governments allocate at least 15% of their budget to the health sector, including at the county level.
During the COVID-19 period, counties accelerated investments in critical care capacity, including ICU beds, with facilities established in areas such as Mombasa and other regions.
However, this period also highlighted systemic gaps in critical care readiness, with limited functional ICU capacity available despite the rapid expansion efforts.