EDWINE BARASSA, Director, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Nairobi Programme, KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme EVELYN KABIA, Health Economist, KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme KENYA has made several reforms in recent years intended to expand health service coverage to a wider population, and with a specific focus on the poor, and to reduce financial hardship due to healthcare costs. The first of these reforms, in 2013, was the abolition of user fees at public primary healthcare facilities. The second, announced the same year, made maternity services free at all public facilities. This was upgraded in 2017 to a public funded health scheme for…