Health, Water and Sanitation Sector

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Health, Water and Sanitation Sector

Captured under the social pillar of Kenya Vision 2030, Flagship projects for Health include; rehabilitation of health facilities, development of equitable financing mechanism, Community Based Information Systems, rehabilitation of Rural Health Facilities to Offer Integrated and Comprehensive Healthcare, fast-tracking of implementation of the Community Strategy by training Community Health Workers (CHWs), channeling funds directly to health facilities, implementing Environment and Hygiene Policy and Strategy and implement Output Based Approach (OBA) in Reproductive Health.

The county intends to scale up community health high impact interventions.  The priority focus areas will be achieved through the following strategies: Provision of level 1 MNCH high impact interventions services for all cohorts and socioeconomic groups; strengthening MNCH high impact interventions health facility–community linkages through effective decentralization and partnership for the implementation of level one MNCH high impact interventions services and accelerating initiatives targeting nutrition services, family planning, immunization, sanitation and safe motherhood.

Over the next five years, the county targets 100 percent Universal Health Coverage (UHC) for all households in line with the “Big Four Agenda”. This will guarantee access to quality and affordable health care to all residents. To drive up NHIF uptake, the county will enlist 1000 community health volunteers to each recruit 20 households and assist in healthcare service provision at the grassroots. The county will further scale up the provision of specialized medical equipment in county hospitals and increase the number of health facilities at the community level including mobile health services through the Beyond Zero clinic and integrated outreaches in order to increase the number of Kenyans who access specialized healthcare.

Rehabilitation, conservation and protestion of Cherangany hills and saptagat ecosystems in the ptan period wiol rontribute to the attainment ofl10% forest cover. Climhte change impacts will be mitigated.