Nairobi, Feb. 29 -- Salaried workers will start paying 2.75 percent of their gross monthly salaries towards the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) from July this year after the Court of Appeal suspended the High Court orders halting its implementation.

If well implemented, SHIF holds immense potential for achieving universal health coverage by ensuring equitable access to healthcare, providing financial protection, improving health outcomes, enhancing health infrastructure, promoting preventive healthcare, and fostering efficient healthcare delivery.

However, a lack of synergy among key players in healthcare could see the Fund encounter significant hurdles in achieving its intended purpose of universal healthcare coverage and improving...