List of Hospitals where Kiambu mothers can get free maternity care.

Did you know that all expectant women in Kenya are supposed to get free National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) cover for their maternity expenses as well as their family members’ medical costs?

The Government, through the Ministry of Health, last October launched the expanded free maternal care programme dubbed ‘Linda Mama Boresha Jamii’ in a bid to achieve universal access to quality maternal healthcare as well as reduce maternal morbidity and mortality rates in the country, particularly in the rural areas.

For a pregnant woman to enjoy these services, they are required to produce their national identification card (ID) for registration, a guardian’s identification card or use of antenatal care records for pregnant women under 18 years.

Registration of beneficiaries can be done through mobile phone platform with USSD by dialling *263# and filing in one’s details on the online registration form, contracted healthcare providers, NHIF service centres or online portal-www.nhif.or.ke/healthinsurance/registeronline/ and Huduma Centres countrywide.

The following is the list of hospitals in Kiambu County where one can access the Linda Mama services;-

Code	Hospital	Level	Category	NHIF Branch
0018123	A.I.C KIJABE MEDICAL CENTRE	IV	FAITH BASED	LIMURU
22201440	AFRICAN MUSLIMS AGENCY HEALTH CENTRE	III	PRIVATE	KIAMBU
22202048	AHADI HEALTH AND MATERNITY HEALTH SERVICES	III	PRIVATE	KIAMBU
22201567	AKSHAR HEALTH CARE LIMITED	III	PRIVATE	LIMURU
22201419	ASSUMPTION OF MARY CATHOLIC DISPENSARY	II	FAITH BASED	KIAMBU
2220875	BETA CARE HOSPITAL LIMITED	III	PRIVATE	KIAMBU
2224265	COMRADE NURSING HOME	III	PRIVATE	RUIRU
6662711	DONYO SABUK MAT & NUR HOME	III	PRIVATE	KIAMBU
22201569	HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC MISSION HOSPITAL	IV	FAITH BASED	KIAMBU
2220021	IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY HOSPITAL	IV	FAITH BASED	KIAMBU
2220906	KALIMONI MISSION HOSPITAL	III	FAITH BASED	KIAMBU
2220318	KIMENDE ORTHODOX MISSION H/CENTRE	III	FAITH BASED	LIMURU
22202158	LIMURU COTTAGE HOSPITAL	II	PRIVATE	LIMURU
2220154	LIMURU NURSING HOME	III	PRIVATE	LIMURU
22201072	MERCY LIGHT HOSPITAL	IV	PRIVATE	KIAMBU
2220744	MT.SINAI HOSPITAL	III	PRIVATE	KIAMBU
2220821	NAIDU HOSPITAL	IV	PRIVATE	KIAMBU
22202126	OASIS MISSION HOSPITAL	III	FAITH BASED	KIAMBU
22202350	PEFA MERCY MEDICAL CENTRE	III	PRIVATE	KIAMBU
22202345	ROMKAN MEDICAL CENTRE	III	PRIVATE	KIAMBU
2220836	RUIRU PRIVATE HOSPITAL	III	PRIVATE	RUIRU
2220250	ST. IMMACULATE HEART HOSPITAL	III	FAITH BASED	LIMURU
2220832	ST. JUDE NURSING HOME	III	PRIVATE	RUIRU
22201949	ST.ANN MEDICAL CENTRE	III	PRIVATE	LIMURU
2220767	ST.TERESA KIKUYU MATERNITY & NUR. HOME	III	PRIVATE	LIMURU
2220509	SUNVIEW MATERNITY AND NURSING HOME	III	PRIVATE	KIAMBU
2220153	THIKA NURSING HOME (THIKA)	III	PRIVATE	KIAMBU
2220365	TRANSCON WENDO MEDICAL SERVICES	III	PRIVATE	RUIRU

Under the programme, all pregnant women can access antenatal, delivery and postnatal care free of charge in all public, some faith based and private healthcare facilities nation-wide.

The redesigned initiative expands the network of health providers to include faith based facilities through a direct re-imbursement mechanism that pays for number of deliveries reported, to a health insurance plan to be administered by NHIF.

The benefit package includes both outpatient and inpatient services for the mother and newborn for a period of one year and includes Antenatal Care, Delivery, Postnatal Care and Emergency referrals for pregnancy related conditions as well as complications.

The NHIF cover is intended to reduce maternal deaths and help to achieve universal health care. The Jubilee government introduced free maternity services in June 2013.

Before then, an estimated 60% of women were delivering at home — attributable to financial constraints due to high medical costs out of reach for the poor. This resulted in 6,000 deaths of mothers every year on account of preventable complications during pregnancy or during child birth.