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NHIF Services For Public Secondary Schools Students Via EduAfya

The Ministry of Education signed a contract with NHIF to provide medical insurance for all Public Secondary School Students for the duration of their Study. 

Who is eligible? 

â–ª Any Student who is in a Public Secondary school. 

Registered by NHIF through NEMIS database. 

Only the Student shall be covered. 

How to Register 

Register the Student on Nemis Database. 

The data shall be shared by Ministry of education to NHIF for registration. The student shall be physically present during bio-metric registration. 

Benefit Package 

NATURE OF SERVICE 

WHAT IS COVERED 

General Out-patient Services: 

Out-patient 

Outpatient services provided by or on the order of a clinician/ physician who is licensed as a general practitioner. 

Specialized Out-patient Services

Outpatient services provided by or on the order of a physician who is licensed as a specialist or consultant and to whom a Member has been referred to by a general practitioner/Primary Care clinician where a member was registered. 

This caters for all routine outpatient services as per 

Kenya essential package for health subject to policy terms and conditions. 

• Referral for specialized services which includes the following: 

Drug and Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Services 

Renal services and dialysis 

• Specialized radiological diagnostic services 

Chronic ailment services such Diabetes and 

Hypertension, Ultrasound, ECG, 

Cancer medical care and treatment services which 

includes radiotherapy services, chemotherapy 

services or surgical intervention subject to preauthorization by the fund. 

Dental Cover 

This benefit caters for outpatient dental procedures, which include but not limited to: 

• Extraction. 

Root canal. 

Dental X-ray Services. 

Accident related inpatient Dental cases will be covered under the standard inpatient surgical 

benefits to the full inpatient limit. 

Optical Cover This benefit caters for expenses relate to eye 

treatment, including the cost of: 

· 

Consultation. 

Eye testing. 

Prescription for ophthalmic treatment and 

prescription of eye glasses. 

Accident related inpatient optical cases will be 

covered under the standard inpatient benefits to the full inpatient limit. 

Last Expense/ This shall be paid to the declared dependents next of Group Life 

kin upon demise of a student. 

Benefit Package 

NATURE OF SERVICE 

Inpatient 

Emergency Road Rescue 

Emergency 

Air Rescue 

Overseas Treatment 

WHAT IS COVERED 

Inpatient shall be on a referral basis from the selected outpatient Health Care Provider. This cover includes medical and surgical conditions which require admission. 

It includes the following: 

Hospital accommodation charges 

Pre-hospitalization diagnostic services 

• Doctor’s (physician, surgeon & anesthetist) fees. Nursing charges 

Drugs/medicines, dressings and internal surgical appliances. 

Diagnostic, laboratory or other medically necessary services 

Rehabilitation services 

Operating theater services 

Radiological diagnostic e.g. x-ray services, CT scan, MRI, ECG 

In-patient physiotherapy. 

Day care surgery surgical procedures that do not require overnight stay. 

Emergency Road Rescue Ambulance services for transportation and transfer of a sick member for treatment from a place of incident or facilities where adequate care is not available to the next available NHIF accredited hospital or medical facility within the territorial limits of Kenya. 

Emergency Air Rescue Services will be provided for transportation and transfer of an injured member to an NHIF accredited facility within the territorial limits of Kenya where adequate medical care is available. 

Treatment costs arising from a condition that warrants treatment overseas because the treatment is not available in Kenya will be covered subject to preauthorization from NHIF. 

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