The overall mission of the health sector in Kenya is to promote and provide quality, curative, preventive, promotive, rehabilitative and palliative health care services to all Kenyans. Achieving the mission and the constitutional provision of the right to the highest attainable standard of health requires the health workers to observe the values and principles of…
This VMGPF for the project has been prepared based on the OP 4.10 of the World Bank and the applicable laws and regulations of the Government of Kenya. The OP 4.10 is triggered when it is likely that groups that meet criteria of OP 4.10 “are present in, or have collective attachment to, the project…
This report presents Kenya’s Reproductive Maternal Neonatal Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) Investment Framework for Kenya to realize the Vision 2030, the Constitution of 2010 and the Health Sector Strategic and Investment Plan 2014-18 and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Kenya has made remarkable progress in improving RMNCAH outcomes during the last decade. Child mortality has…
The Kenya AIDS Progress report provides an update of the AIDS response based on the estimate data for 2016. This report provides insight of key indicators of the epidemic and builds on the Global AIDS Progress Update Report 2016 launched in Nairobi Kenya by UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé and myself. This is in line…
Strategic planning for health care waste management (HCWM) covers not only the technical aspects related to waste management such as waste handling, storage, transportation, treatment, and disposal, but also capac- ity-building and awareness creation. It is prudent to note that success in waste management can occur when the staff members working in the health sector…
This is a report of Kenya’s first National Oral Health Survey. Kenya’s oral health statistics previously available was in the form of research articles from investigators who carried out research on specific populations. They studies were not representative of the country. This presented challenges in decision making because of limited evidence thus adversely affecting the…
This report presents the findings of the Kenya STEPwise survey for non communicable diseases (NCD) risk factors 2015. The Kenya STEPs survey is the first nationally representative survey to collect comprehensive information on risk factors for NCDs and Injuries. Kenya is experiencing an epidemiological transition in its diseases burden from infectious to non-communicable conditions resulting…
The Government of Kenya is determined to improve access to and equity of quality essential health care services and to ensure that the health sector plays its role in the realization of Vision 2030, public service reforms and the Millennium Development Goals. We, however, recognize that it will be difficult to achieve these ambitious health…