Challenges Faced in Provision of Health Services to Refugees in Kenya, a Case of Kakuma Refugee Camp and Kalobeyei Settlement.

YUSUF DIBA, RESEARCHER, NATIONACL COUNCIL FOR POPULATION DEVELOPMENT

This research aimed to find out whether there are challenges faced in the provisions of health services to refugees in the Kakuma Refugee Camp(KRC) and Kalobeyei Settlement(KS). objectives: to find out the challenges faced by state and non-state actors in the provisions of health services to the refugees. and to find out how the state and non-state actors are addressing the challenges encountered in provisions of health services to Refugees, The sample size is 45 which comprise of 40 refugees, 2 Governmental and 3 non-governmental officials. Data were collected and analyzed. the study revealed challenges such as inadequate health facilities, inadequate staff, and shortage of medicines, inadequate in-patient services, cultural barriers, language barriers, and ignorance. Research recommends to policy makers and to everyone including refugees to make reforms in the provisions of health services to refugees and also to fully implement refugee law.