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Contents Executive summary 3 Key findings 3 Recommendations for the government of Kenya 4 The new Covid-19 context 5 National and county-level spending on health care 6 The structure of healthcare funding in Kenya 6 Recent trends in healthcare budget allocation 6 Budgetary allocations to health programmes 10 Preventive, Promotive and Reproductive, Maternal, Neo-natal, Child and Adolescent Health Services 10 Disease Surveillance and Response 10 Non-communicable Disease Prevention and Control 11 Communicable Disease Control 11 Reproductive, Maternal, Neo-natal, Child and Adolescent Health 12 National Referral and Specialized Services 13 National Referral Services 13 Specialized Medical Equipment 13 Health Products and Technologies 14 Forensic and Diagnostics 14 Health Policy, Standards and Regulations 15 Health Policy Planning and Financing 15 Social Protection in Health 16 Budgetary allocations to social protection programmes 17 Conclusion and recommendations 20 Recommendations for the government of Kenya 20 Notes 22 Executive summary As the impact of Covid-19 continues to escalate, accountable public budgets that are aligned to the needs of people living in poverty and vulnerable populations are more crucial than ever. In the 2020/21 fiscal year, Kenya will not only be dealing with the social, health and economic effects of Covid-19 and the impacts of the government response, but will also be upscaling the universal health coverage (UHC) programme. UHC is part of the national government’s priorities for the third medium-term plan, which covers the period 2018 to 2022. The first phase (pilot) of the UHC programme covered four of Kenya’s 47 counties. In 2020/21, the government intends to roll out the programme in the remaining 43 counties. This paper presents an analysis of Kenya’s national government health and social protection budget for the 2020/21 fiscal year. Key findings Kenya’s economic growth is expected to