Health stakeholders are meeting in Nairobi to review the state of primary Healthcare (PHC) measurements and performance in Kenya and explore strategies to build on the investments so far realized for greater impacts.
The workshop brings together local and global stakeholders to learn from the Kenyan experience and discuss potential next steps in the future of PHC measurements in Kenya.
While addressing delegates at the meeting, Principal Secretary Ministry of Health State Department for Public Health and Professional Standards, Dr. Josephine Mburu, reiterated the government’s commitment to improving primary Healthcare.
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“The Ministry of Health has prioritized PHC through very strategic investments; we have a strong community strategy that has seen over 90% of community units having community health volunteers.”
We have dedicated efforts towards establishing primary care networks in all counties and developed an electronic community health information system now in use countrywide, among other initiatives,” said the PS.
Dr. Mburu said that such initiatives are aimed at making sure that all Kenyans, including the vulnerable populations such as the poor, orphans, People Living With Disabilities (PWDs) and those faced with discrimination due to gender and age have access to quality healthcare services.
The PS informed that government will fund Primary Healthcare interventions to the tune of Ksh 350 billion. She said that monitoring these interventions is key to informing the Ministry of the extent of the reach of the targeted populations.
The PS also said that the government has invested in digitizing healthcare services and innovative initiatives such as telemedicine to efficiently deliver healthcare services to Kenyans.
She called on all stakeholders, including the county governments, development partners, the private sector and civil society, to support the government in strengthening measurement mechanisms for PHC interventions and outcomes.
“Let us resolve to take forward the commitments we have agreed to as we progress the welfare of our people,” she advised.
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