Maternity cover under SHA (Linda Mama)
Social Health Authority · sources read 30 Sep 2026
Register with SHA (dial *147# or use afyayangu.go.ke), then go to a SHA-contracted facility for antenatal visits and delivery. Delivery is free for registered mothers, including a caesarean section when it's needed.
- Fee
- We couldn't confirm a fee from the official page. Check it there before you pay.
- Where
- Register by dialling *147# or on afyayangu.go.ke / sha.go.ke, then get care at any SHA-contracted health facility
Steps
- Register with SHA if you haven't: dial *147#, or go to sha.go.ke or afyayangu.go.ke.
- Go for antenatal clinic visits at a SHA-contracted Level 2, 3 or selected Level 4 primary care facility.
- Deliver at a SHA-contracted facility. As a registered beneficiary, delivery is free.
- Go back for postnatal checks for you and your baby. These are also covered at primary care facilities.
Watch out
- If you're referred to a bigger hospital (Level 4 to 6), SHIF pays, and that needs your SHA contributions to be up to date.
- Complications for you or the baby are covered too, under SHA's other benefit packages.
- If you're Rhesus-negative, the Anti-D injection is covered.
Who can apply
- Every mother registered with SHA, including young (underage) mothers and mothers who can't afford to pay.
- All deliveries are covered: normal, assisted and caesarean section.
- Newborns too: care for mother and baby together after birth.
Official sources (6)
- How do facilities register clients for Linda Mama benefits? sha.go.ke · read 30 Sep 2026
- Benefit Tariffs sha.go.ke · read 30 Sep 2026
- Primary Healthcare Fund sha.go.ke · read 30 Sep 2026
- Social Health Insurance Fund sha.go.ke · read 30 Sep 2026
- What is the difference between SHA and SHIF? sha.go.ke · read 30 Sep 2026
- Afya Yangu afyayangu.go.ke · read 30 Sep 2026