The Ministries of Health (MOH) welcome the new National Guidelines for PMTCT Peer Education and Psychosocial Support in Kenya: The Kenya Mentor Mother Program, which will provide guidance for the standardization and integration of peer education and psychosocial support services within the Kenyan national PMTCT program. These guidelines are an important part of the government’s…
The Ministries of Health (MOH) welcome the new National Guidelines for PMTCT Peer Education and Psychosocial Support in Kenya: The Kenya Mentor Mother Program, which will provide guidance for the standardization and integration of peer education and psychosocial support services within the Kenyan national PMTCT program. These guidelines are an important part of the government’s…
The Government of Kenya (GOK) is currently implementing Vision 2030, the country’s development blueprint covering the period 2008 to 2030. The aim of Vision 2030 is to transform Kenya into a newly industrialized middle-income country, providing high quality of life to all its citizens by the year 2030. This Vision 2030 aspires for a country…
The implementation of the Kenya National AIDS Strategic plan (KNASP) was guided by the national AIDS Control Council’s (NACC) goals, visions, and targets. While the KNASP II has been implemented successfully, various challenges were experienced in this process, especially with regard to HIV information. Various assessments conducted by stakeholders reveal similar inadequacies in monitoring and…
The vision of the Ministry is “A society where women, men, children and persons with disabilities enjoy equal rights, opportunities and a high quality of life.”6 The Ministry firmly believes that women, men, girls and boys are actors in and beneficiaries of development. Through this policy, the Ministry seeks to deepen its work around understanding…
For many years in Kenya, limited knowledge and skills about basic aspects of sexuality, especially among health care providers, has been a major hindrance to the effective provision of reproductive health care. Health care professionals of all levels have long expressed a strong desire to receive training on the topic of human sexuality, in order…
Quality is a critical dimension of Social Justice and Human Rights principles and it forms one of the pillars of a viable and sustainable health care system. As such, there has been a growing interest among the Policy Makers and Stakeholders during the recent past to improve quality of care through establishment of a customer…
The integration of climate information into Government policies is important because climate is a major driving factor for most of the economic activities in Kenya. Climate information has, however, not been easily understandable. The same has not been adequately factored into most of the sectors of the country’s economy including Government development policies and plans.…
The strategic plan for the Ministry of Medical Services underlines medical services reform agenda as a lead strategy in the realization of the sectoral objectives outlined in the NHSSP II and Vision 2030. Central to this agenda is the need to strengthen health care service delivery focusing on equitable access, quality and responsiveness, efficiency and…