Hiding Behind AI: How SHA Was Used to Load Health System Costs Onto the Poorest - The Elephant

Kenya's AI Health System Fails the Poor

Kenya’s healthcare system is at a crossroads. A bold promise to expand health coverage to millions of informal workers has instead produced a crisis that hits the poorest hardest. The country’s AI-driven health reforms are under fire — and for good reason. A joint investigation by Africa Uncensored, Lighthouse Reports, and The Guardian has exposed deep flaws in the system that were ignored even before it launched. What Is Kenya’s Social Health A…

Hiding Behind AI: How SHA Was Used to Load Health System Costs Onto the Poorest - The Elephant

Every day, Grace* sits in people’s homes and asks them questions that range from the odd to the intrusive. What type of toilet do you use? What is your roof made of? Do you own a radio? She helps the occupants enter the answers to these questions — pit latrine, iron sheet roof, no radio — into a digital questionnaire on their phones. Since there are dozens of these questions, it can be a lengthy process. People are often confused, uncomfortable …