Dispensary · Tharaka-Nithi
Kanyuru Dispensary
Kanyuru Dispensary is a Dispensary Health Facility, offering preventive and curative health and medical services in Tharaka-Nithi county, and the neighbouring Tharaka South community.
- Type
- Dispensary
- Ownership
- Ministry of Health
- Locality
- Tharaka South
- County
- Tharaka-Nithi
Kanyuru Dispensary serves the Tharaka South community in Tharaka-Nithi County, in Kenya. As a Dispensary Health Facility we welcome patients from the surrounding community and beyond, offering quality, accessible, community-rooted healthcare services.
Kanyuru Dispensary follows Kenya’s Primary Health Care (PHC) framework, which favours continuous household-level wellness, early disease intervention, and practical health education alongside curative medical services — empowering communities to take charge of their health and build a resilient society.
Feel free to visit or contact Kanyuru Dispensary for your preventive and curative Health Care services.
Sector Data
Health at a glance
- Infant Mortality Rate:
- 2.9%
- Maternal Mortality Rate:
- 0.4%
- Men Life Expectancy:
- 61%
- Women Life Expectancy:
- 66%
Health
Health Sector
First point of contact, such as local dispensaries, community health centers, and general clinics.
Medical specialists handling patient referrals, routine surgeries, and emergency inpatient admissions.
Highly specialized facilities equipped for advanced procedures in surgery, intensive care, and transplants.
Find us
Location
Kanyuru Dispensary, Tharaka-Nithi
Useful Links
- 🗹 Ministry of Health - MOH
- 🗹 World Health Organization - WHO
- 🗹 Social Health Authority - SHA
- 🗹 AfyaYangu
- 🗹 Huduma Center Kenya
- 🗹 Digital Health Agency - DHA
- 🗹 National Cancer Institute of Kenya - NCI-K
- 🗹 National Council for People with Disabilities - NCPWD
- 🗹 State Department of Public Service, Counselling Unit
- 🗹 Kenya Healthcare Federation KHF
- 🗹 Kenya Medical Association KMA
- 🗹 Kenya Association of Health Administrators KAHA
- 🗹 Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Councilt KMPDCU
- 🗹 E-Citizen Portal
GOVERNMENT
ASSOCIATIONS
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Fifty remote health facilities in Tharaka Nithi County have been selected to benefit from a donor-funded initiative aimed at improving access to reliable electricity and high-speed internet connectivity. Governor Muthomi Njuki said the county is among those sele - Facebook
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More health facilities in Tharaka Nithi to access internet, electricity - Kenya News Agency
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Clergy raise the alarm over political violence in Meru, Tharaka Nithi - The Standard Media Group
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Tharaka Nithi nurses to resume duty Thursday despite the nationwide strike - Capital FM Africa
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Tharaka Nithi Governor Muthomi Njuki (right) chats with Chuka/Igambang'ombe MP Patrick Munene during a burial service at Kambandi in Magumoni Ward where the governor announced the restoration of public health services in the county after resolving nu - Facebook
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Motion to secure employment of Community Health Promoters tabled - Kenya News Agency
