Prime Highlights
- Kenya and the UK renewed the Kenya–UK Health Alliance for another five years through 2031.
- The partnership will expand into digital health, AI, local manufacturing and health security.
Key Facts
- KUKHA supports healthcare, research, innovation, trade and investment between Kenya and the UK.
- The renewed agreement aligns alliance projects with Kenya’s Health Policy Platform.
Background
The Kenya-UK Health Alliance (KUKHA) has been extended for another five years, from 2026 to 2031, to build on the partnership between Kenya and the United Kingdom in the field of health, research, innovation, trade and investment. The new agreement is an extension of the first five years of the partnership and extends areas of collaboration.
This Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by the Principal Secretary for Medical Services, Dr Ouma Oluga, on behalf of the Kenyan government and Professor Graham Lord, Senior Vice President for Health and Life Sciences at King’s College London. The agreement was signed by representatives of The University of Manchester, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and The University of Nottingham in the UK as part of the alliance.
The renewed partnership will emphasise digital health, Artificial Intelligence, local production of health products and technologies, health security, health systems resilience to climate change, technology transfer, trade and investment. It will also aid Kenya to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) agenda.
The agreement builds on five years of cooperation in the areas of strengthening health workforce development, specialist clinical services, cancer care, kidney disease management, research partnerships and academic exchanges between the two countries.
The MoU also ensures the consistency of all programmes under the Kenya–UK Health Alliance with the Kenya Health Policy Platform. This will facilitate the embedding of joint projects in the national planning, budgeting and monitoring processes, thus enhancing the degree of coordination, accountability and sustainability.
The new partnership, both countries said, is a sign of their pledges to increase health cooperation, strengthen research and innovation, encourage investment and foster health system development to ensure access to quality healthcare for people in Kenya and the United Kingdom.
