“We are toothless and hanging, but optimistic”: sub county managers’ experiences of rapid devolution in coastal Kenya

Abstract Background In March 2013, Kenya transitioned from a centralized to a devolved system of governance. Within the health sector, this entailed the transfer of service provision functions to 47 newly formed semi-autonomous counties, while policy and regulatory functions were retained at the nat...

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Main Authors: Mary M. Nyikuri, Benjamin Tsofa, Philip Okoth, Edwine W. Barasa, Sassy Molyneux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-017-0607-x